experimental tool to pull down all URLs listed in a text file

pulldown.fish

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+# usage: pulldown.fish files.csv outputdir/
+
+set outputdir .
+
+function usage
+  echo "Pulldown: Simple command line program built on bookmobile, to pull down a listing of URLs as readable articles"
+  echo "Requires bookmobile."
+  echo "Usage: ./pulldown --help | -h "
+  echo "       ./pulldown -f | --file <URLlist.csv> [ -o | --output <output-dir> ]"
+
+end
+
+function check_args
+  argparse h/help l/list= o/output= -- $argv
+  or exit 1
+
+  if set -q _flag_help
+      usage
+      exit
+  end
+
+  if set -q _flag_l
+    set -g list $_flag_list
+    echo $list
+  end
+
+  if set -q _flag_o
+    set -g outputdir $_flag_output
+    echo $outputdir
+  end
+
+end
+
+function process
+
+echo "Processing begin"
+
+  echo $list "contents: "
+  cat $list
+  set files (cat $list)
+  echo "files are: " $files
+
+  for i in $files
+
+    echo "🦾 Pulling down $i" \n
+    ./bookmobile "$i" --format reader --output $outputdir
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+check_args $argv
+process $argv