tumblr.sh

#!/bin/bash

# a bash script to use curl to post, as a response to a question asked by the Neurolove facebook page:
#  https://www.facebook.com/neurolove.me/posts/549604611804237
# curl line adopted from the script by Andrea Olivato at:
#  http://andreaolivato.tumblr.com/post/108364451/post-to-tumblr-via-bash-using-curl
# -Tye

# check if we were interrupted last time
if [ -f lastcount ]; then
 # yes, start where we left off
 . lastcount
fi

while read title content; do
 # check if we should skip this line because we were interrupted
 if [ "$lastcount" -gt "$currentcount" ]; then
  # yes
  currentcount=$(( currentcount + 1 ))
  continue
 fi

 # no, send post as the user in var1 using the password in var2
 curl -s -o /dev/null -d email="$1"&password="$2"&type=regular&title="$title"&body="$content"&generator=Bash
 # delay our next post by the number of seconds defined in var3
 sleep "$3"
 # advance our count by 1
 lastcount=$(( lastcount + 1 ))
 currentcount="$lastcount"
 # echo our count into our file, in case we're interrupted
 echo "lastcount=$lastcount" > lastcount
# substitute our input for the file specified in var4
done < <(cat "$4")

# we're finished, remove our count file
rm lastcount