FediStatusPosterExtras/pick_ordered.sh

#! /usr/bin/env sh

# FediStatusPoster - Simple CLI tools and scripts to post to the fediverse
# Copyright (C) 2024 <@Anon@yandere.cc> 
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[ ! $# -ge 2 ] &&\
	echo "Invalid number of arguments..." &&\
	echo "$(basename "$0") [master_file] [log_file] usage:" &&\
	echo "  master_file - path to the master file" &&\
	echo "  log_file - path to the log file" &&\
	exit 1

# Get the runtime path of the bot
ABS_PATH="$(readlink -f "$0")"
RUN_DIR="$(dirname "$ABS_PATH")"

MASTER_FILE="$1"
LOG_FILE="$2"
INDEX=1

[ ! -f "$MASTER_FILE" ] && echo "Could not find: ${MASTER_FILE}" && exit 1
[ ! -s "$MASTER_FILE" ] && echo "File is empty: ${MASTER_FILE}" && exit 1

NLINES="$(wc -l "$MASTER_FILE" | cut -d ' ' -f1)"
if [ -s "$LOG_FILE" ];then
	INDEX="$(grep ".*Index: [0-9]*$" "$LOG_FILE" | tail -n 1 | grep -o "[0-9]*$")"
	INDEX="$(expr "$INDEX" '%' "$NLINES" '+' '1')"
fi
PICKED="$(sed "${INDEX}q;d" "$MASTER_FILE")"

echo "$(date +'%F %T') | Picked: ${PICKED} | Index: ${INDEX}" >> "$LOG_FILE"
echo "$PICKED"