MastodonMegafono/megafono_bot.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# CONFIGURATION
#

# Interval between two consecutive posts
SLEEP_INTERVAL=3h

# File containing the toots to post
DATA_FILE=test.txt

# A prefix for all toots of this bot
TOOT_PREFIX="#avviso%0A"

#
# CONFIGURATION END
#

extract_image() {
	sed -n -e 's/.*<img>\(.*\)<\/img>.*/\1/p' <<< $1
}

extract_text() {
	sed -e "s/<img>.*<\/img>/ /g" <<< $1
}

while :
do
	# Last line should be empty, so we dont need an additional read here
	# after the while loop
	while read line 
	do
		./toot.sh $line
		sleep ${SLEEP_INTERVAL}
	done < ${DATA_FILE}

done