ptouch autosplit and makemkv-key-grabber

almost_oneliners/makemkv-key.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# small script to extract the makemkv-beta-key from the forum as it changes once a month
+
+# URL of the MakeMKV forum post
+FORUM_URL="https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053"
+
+# Fetch the page content
+CONTENT=$(curl -sL "$FORUM_URL")
+
+# 1. Extract the key (T- followed by 66 alphanumeric characters)
+KEY=$(echo "$CONTENT" | grep -oP 'T-[a-zA-Z0-9]{66}')
+
+# 2. Extract the line immediately following the key
+# - sed 's/<[^>]*>/\n/g': Replaces all HTML tags with newlines to isolate text
+# - grep -A 5 "$KEY": Gets 5 lines of context after the key
+# - grep -v "$KEY": Removes the line containing the key itself
+# - grep -m 1 "[[:alnum:]]": Grabs the very next line containing actual text
+# - sed 's/&nbsp;/ /g': Cleans up non-breaking space entities
+VALIDITY=$(echo "$CONTENT" | sed 's/<[^>]*>/\n/g' | grep -A 5 "$KEY" | grep -v "$KEY" | grep -m 1 "[[:alnum:]]" | sed 's/&nbsp;/ /g; s/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//')
+
+# Output
+if [ -n "$KEY" ]; then
+    echo "$KEY"
+    echo "$VALIDITY"
+else
+    echo "Error: Could not retrieve data from the forum."
+    exit 1
+fi