backup all your commandlinefu.com favourites to a plaintext file

clfavs(){ URL="http://www.commandlinefu.com";wget -O - --save-cookies c --post-data "username=$1&password=$2&submit=Let+me+in" $URL/users/signin;for i in `seq 0 25 $3`;do wget -O - --load-cookies c $URL/commands/favourites/plaintext/$i >>$4;done;rm -f c;}
Usage: clfavs username password num_favourite_commands file_in_which_to_backup

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By: suhasgupta
2009-09-30 16:43:08
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A!wesome !
FRUiT · 857 weeks and 3 days ago
doesn't work
chilinhualong · 857 weeks and 3 days ago
Hmm, how do I get this to work if I use OpenID to login? PS, why is this tagged "c++"?
flatcap · 857 weeks and 3 days ago
is there a way not pass num_favourites_to_backup? if i dont know how many favorites i have?
bandie91 · 824 weeks and 4 days ago
The usage is: clfavs username password num_of_favs destination_file
jaimerosario · 764 weeks ago
really awesome
Mahesh · 636 weeks ago
P.S.: FreeBSD users like me have both 'seq' command and 'jot' command.
brunobiondo · 379 weeks and 5 days ago

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