[mythtv-users] Ways to Query Database From sh Script?
Drew Tomlinson
drew at mykitchentable.net
Sun Feb 15 23:51:47 UTC 2009
I'm working on my first UserJob script. In this script, I want to test
if a recording has a cutlist before processing. I've Googled and the
way found to query the database from /bin/sh goes like this:
CUTLIST=`cat << EOF | mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg
SELECT
cutlist
FROM
recorded
WHERE
basename = '$FILENAME';
EOF`
Using the above, $CUTLIST will be set to either "cutlist 1" or "cutlist
0" depending upon whether a cutlist exists. (I suppose piping to awk
would remove "cutlist"). Is this the only way to query from /bin/sh?
Is there a more practical way?
I'm pretty new to this stuff so if the answer is obvious, nudges to the
relevant links would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Drew
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