Re: script to search ebay?
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:33:32PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 12:07:02AM -0500, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> > Anyone have any idea how I can create a script that will search
> > ebay and put the results in a text file?
> >
> > I thought of starting with links
> >
> > links http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?MfcISAPI
> > Command=GetResult&query=Fernandez
> >
> > but for some reason this puts links in the background and does not search.
> > It just goes to the search page?
>
> The ampersand character ('&') is taken by the shell to mean "put this
> command in the background. Hence, you command as listed above is
> equivalent to these two commands.
>
> $ links http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?MfcISAPI Command=GetResult &
> $ query=Fernandez
>
> which is probably not what you intended... As an interesting side
> effect, you set the variable query to "Fernandez"...
>
> Put single/double quotes around the whole thing:
>
> $ links 'http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll?MfcISAPI Command=GetResult&query=Fernandez'
>
> or escape out the special characters:
>
> $ links http://search.ebay.de/search/search.dll\?MfcISAPI\ Command=GetResult\&query=Fernandez
>
> PS: I'm not sure about the space before the "Command="; I don't use ebay myself..
As far as I know such a space is not complaint with the standard.
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