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Mon Jun 5 05:04:44 AM UTC 2023
I recently became aware that RTC had an informal ebook lending library.
Basically if you have an ebook -- epub, pdf, etc -- you'd like to lend
you put a copy under '~/books' with the appropriate permissions[1].
The books are searchable via the shell but as not everyone is adept at
using command-line filter tools I made an AWK script for title searches:
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$ ~zilog/public_bin/rtc_library -h
list or search the RawText.Club ebook lending library
usage: rtc_library [-?|-h|--help|<keyword>]
ex: rtc_library |less => returns ALL titles, paged
rtc_library cat[te] => matches 'Catton' & 'educate'
but NOT 'cat' or 'Cathy'
note: regex okay; search is not case-sensitive
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Some search examples:
# find any title containing "moby", "crime", or "henry":
$ ~zilog/public_bin/rtc_library moby\|crime\|henry
/home/r1k/books/fyodor-dostoevsky_crime-and-punishment_constance-garnett.epub
/home/xiu/books/jl-peridot--about-henry-a-novella.epub
/home/sloum/books/herman-melville_moby-dick.epub
# find any title containing "ram" or "rim":
$ ~zilog/public_bin/rtc_library r[ai]m
/home/mryouse/books/dostoyevsky-brothers-karamazov.epub
/home/r1k/books/fyodor-dostoevsky_crime-and-punishment_constance-garnett.epub
/home/mieum/books/Essays_in_Experimental_Logic.epub
It's not necessary to use quotes around the search terms but it doesn't
hurt and may be easier than escaping meta characters like '?' and '|'.
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[1] suggested permissions:
- the ~/books directory: drwxr-xr-x or 755
- the books themselves: -rw-r--r-- or 644
the chmod(1) tool can modify file/dir permissions:
$ mkdir ~/books ;chmod 755 ~/books # create ~/books & make readable for all
$ chmod 644 ~/books/fubar.pdf # make fubar.pdf readable for all