#!/bin/bash
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# file downloader for multiple, numbered pages    
#
# uses suck
#===============================================================================

# get options
span="";  [ "$1" == "-n" ] && { span="-n";      shift; }
width=""; [ "$1" == "-w" ] && { width="-w";     shift; }
depth=""; [ "$1" == "-l" ] && { depth="-l $2";  shift 2; }

# possible usage exit
[ $# -ne 3 ] && {
    cat >&2 <<!
usage: msuck [ options ] startindex endindex url

§§§ in the url is replaced with numbers between start and end

options:
   -n disables host spanning
   -w uses numbers filled up with zeroes to an equal width
   -l sets the depth limit
!
    exit 1
}

# get parameters 
start="$1"
end="$2"
url="$3"

step=1
[ "$start" -gt "$end" ] && step=-1

# suck everything in a loop
marker="§§§"
replaced
for index in $(seq $width "$start" $step "$end"); do
    replaced="$url"
    replaced="${replaced//$marker/$index}"
    suck $span $depth "$replaced"
done

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