This script is a work by Webmaster Seth Leedy, but was inspired by and evolved from the scripts by [email protected]
I noticed that I was mentioned in the Security Now show(epi: 457, 558). Yipee!
Download any or all Steve Gibson’s GRC Security Now podcasts via a bash script.
The script can look at the episodes already downloaded and download the next one.
You can specify the episode(s). Download 1 or a range.
Another function is to search for text within ALL the episodes and copy the episode text to another directory for further reading.
Run it with “-h” for all the other options.
You can submit issues within GitHub or via email to me. Comments below are not actively monitored…
Command line examples:
Will download the latest episode and it will be the TEXT transcriptions.
./GRC-Downloader.sh -eptxt -latest
Will download the latest episode and it will be the PDF transcriptions.
./GRC-Downloader.sh -eppdf -latest
This will download the TEXT and .PDF.
./GRC-Downloader.sh -eppdf -eptxt -latest
The arguments -ahq and -alq is for downloading AUDIO .MP3 files.
-AHQ = High Quality. -ALQ = Low Quality.
The arguments -vhq and -vlq is for downloading VIDEO .MP4 files.
-VHQ = High Quality. -VLQ = Low Quality.
./GRC-Downloader.sh -alq -vlq -eptxt -latest or
./GRC-Downloader.sh -vlq -eptxt -ep 10
You can also download all video, in HD, and text- at once. At 10 downloads a time. *Not all episodes are in HD. The start of the show was not in video, let alone, HD.
Will download every single text copy of the episodes and search for your text (TNO here) and put the results in a special directory for you to open at your leisure.
./GRC-Downloader.sh -dandstxt TNO
Will search only the text episodes already downloaded in the current directory and the cache used in the above -dandstxt option. It will not go online to search.
The paths are needing adjusted to work for your placement.
Two places to change. Number one is the matrix.sh file. You will see it below.
Number two is the matrix_char.sh file. The very first part. Continue reading →