HOWTO: Crossword download/print system

[ShirishAg75]

Just a quick word. I dunno if you guys know but Ubuntu is using dash instead of bash nowadays. it just uses less resources. See if it can be done using dash.

Regards,

[jgordon510]

Here's my messy little script that works.

#create the filename for the current date
date="`date '+%b%d%y.puz'`"

cookie_loc="`locate cookies.txt | grep firefox`"
cd /tmp
wget --load-cookies $cookie_loc http://select.nytimes.com/premium/xword/$date
/home/jeffrey/.xword-1.0/xword $date

You'll have to alter the last line to point to wherever you have xword installed.

I put it in my nautilus scripts folder.

Of course, you'll need a NY Times crossword subscription with a current cookie for this to work.

[BenSw]

Here's my messy little script that works.

#create the filename for the current date
date="`date '+%b%d%y.puz'`"

cookie_loc="`locate cookies.txt | grep firefox`"
cd /tmp
wget --load-cookies $cookie_loc http://select.nytimes.com/premium/xword/$date
/home/jeffrey/.xword-1.0/xword $date

You'll have to alter the last line to point to wherever you have xword installed.

I put it in my nautilus scripts folder.

Of course, you'll need a NY Times crossword subscription with a current cookie for this to work.

Does this actually work? I have been trying to do this on OSX and debian, and it just links me to the "glogin" page and downloads that instead.