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255#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Run the available high level scripts
# On macOS, .command files can be executed by double clicking in a Finder window
# or right-clicking and selecting 'Open'. Either will open a Terminal window
# and run them as a shell script.
# Make sure we are in the correct directory
DIRNAME=$(dirname "$0")
cd "$DIRNAME" || exit
FULLCAST="${FULLCAST:-20}"
export FULLCAST
# Is FULLCAST an integer?
if [ "$FULLCAST" -eq "$FULLCAST" ] 2>/dev/null; then
maxCast="$FULLCAST "
[ "$FULLCAST" -eq 0 ] && maxCast=""
fi
source functions/define_colors
source functions/define_files
source functions/load_functions
function start_help() {
cat <<EOF
1) Find shows, then list their top ${maxCast}cast & crew members
Search IMDb titles for show names or tconst IDs such as tt1606375,
which is the tconst for Downton Abbey -- taken from this URL:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/
List principal cast & crew members and any characters portrayed. If you
search for multiple shows, also list principal cast & crew members who
are found in more than one show.
An excerpt from searching for The Crown:
==> Top ${maxCast}cast & crew members in IMDb billing order (Name|Job|Show|Role):
Claire Foy actor The Crown Queen Elizabeth II
Olivia Colman actor The Crown Queen Elizabeth II
Imelda Staunton actor The Crown Queen Elizabeth II
Matt Smith actor The Crown Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Tobias Menzies actor The Crown Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Jonathan Pryce actor The Crown Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Lesley Manville actor The Crown Princess Margaret
Elizabeth Debicki actor The Crown Princess Diana
Dominic West actor The Crown Prince Charles
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
2) Find shows, then list only cast & crew members they share
Search IMDb titles for show names or tconst IDs such as tt4786824,
which is the tconst for The Crown.
List principal cast & crew members and any characters portrayed, but
only if they are found in more than one show.
The result from searching for The Crown and The Night Manager:
==> Principal cast & crew members listed in more than one show (Name|Job|Show|Role):
Elizabeth Debicki actor The Crown Princess Diana
Elizabeth Debicki actor The Night Manager Jed Marshall
Olivia Colman actor The Crown Queen Elizabeth II
Olivia Colman actor The Night Manager Angela Burr
Tobias Menzies actor The Crown Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Tobias Menzies actor The Night Manager Geoffrey Dromgoole
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
3) Find a show, then list its top ${maxCast}actors that are in your cached shows
Search IMDb titles for one show name or tconst ID such as tt4786824,
which is the tconst for The Crown.
List any of the top ${maxCast}actors who also appear any any show you've
previously searched for, i.e. not just your saved shows.
==> Principal cast members that appear in other shows (Name|Job|Show|Rank|Role|Link):
Olivia Colman actor The Crown 02 Queen Elizabeth II imdb.com/name/nm1469236
Olivia Colman actor Broadchurch 02 Ellie Miller imdb.com/title/tt2249364
Olivia Colman actor The Night Manager 04 Angela Burr imdb.com/title/tt1399664
---
Tobias Menzies actor The Crown 05 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh imdb.com/name/nm0580014
Tobias Menzies actor The Night Manager 14 Geoffrey Dromgoole imdb.com/title/tt1399664
---
Elizabeth Debicki actor The Crown 08 Princess Diana imdb.com/name/nm4456120
Elizabeth Debicki actor The Night Manager 03 Jed Marshall imdb.com/title/tt1399664
---
Charles Edwards actor The Crown 10 Martin Charteris imdb.com/name/nm0249876
Charles Edwards actor Downton Abbey 46 Michael Gregson imdb.com/title/tt1606375
---
Josh O'Connor actor The Crown 19 Prince Charles imdb.com/name/nm4853066
Josh O'Connor actor The Durrells 02 Lawrence Durrell imdb.com/title/tt5014882
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
4) Find people, then list all shows having them as a principal cast or crew member
Find all shows listing a person as a principal cast or crew member based
on their name or nconst ID, such as nm0000233 -- which is the nconst for
Quentin Tarantino -- taken from this URL: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/
An excerpt from searching for Quentin Tarantino:
==> I found 38 titles listing Quentin Tarantino as: actor
==> Shall I list them? [Y/n]
movie Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood 2019
movie The Hateful Eight 2015
movie She's Funny That Way 2014
movie Django Unchained 2012
==> I found 21 titles listing Quentin Tarantino as: director
==> Shall I list them? [Y/n]
movie Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood 2019
movie The Hateful Eight 2015
movie Django Unchained 2012
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
5) Find people, then save a filmography for them
Generate a filmography based on a person's name or nconst ID, such as
nm0000123 -- which is the nconst for George Clooney.
Basically the same as 4), but more useful for detailed research as it
will offer to save any sections and create related lists and
spreadsheets.
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
6) Run a cross-reference of your cached shows
Run detailed queries of any shows you searched as favorites in 1) or 2).
Search cached shows for any mix of shows, cast or crew members, and
characters portrayed, e.g. The Crown, Olivia Colman, or Queen Elizabeth.
1), 2), and 3) search all records for shows. 4) and 5) search all
records for cast or crew names. This script only searches cached shows,
but adds searching for characters and mixing all three types.
EOF
waitUntil -k
cat <<EOF
7) Run a guided cross-reference of your cached shows
Runs the same types of queries as 6), but is menu and prompt driven.
Instead of entering a full show name like The Night Manager, you only
need to enter enough characters to ensure a unique match.
For example, 'Hi' returns 'Tom Hiddleston' in the example data set.
EOF
}
# trap ctrl-c and call cleanup
trap cleanup INT
#
function cleanup() {
printf "\nCtrl-C detected. Exiting.\n" >&2
exit 130
}
# Make sure prerequisites are satisfied
ensurePrerequisites
printf "==> What would you like to do next?\n"
# 1
pickOptions=("Find shows, then list their top ${maxCast}cast & crew members")
# 2
pickOptions+=("Find shows, then list only cast & crew members they share")
# 3
pickOptions+=("Find a show, then list its top ${maxCast}actors that are in your cached shows")
# 4
pickOptions+=("Find people, then list all shows having them as a principal cast or crew member")
# 5
pickOptions+=("Find people, then save a filmography for them")
# 6
pickOptions+=("Run a cross-reference of your cached shows")
# 7
pickOptions+=("Run a guided cross-reference of your cached shows")
# 8
pickOptions+=("Show me a list of my saved shows")
# 9
pickOptions+=("Help")
# 10
pickOptions+=("Quit")
PS3="Select a number from 1-${#pickOptions[@]}, or type 'q(uit)': "
COLUMNS=40
select pickMenu in "${pickOptions[@]}"; do
if [ "$REPLY" -ge 1 ] 2>/dev/null &&
[ "$REPLY" -le "${#pickOptions[@]}" ]; then
case "$REPLY" in
1)
exec ./findCastOf.sh
;;
2)
exec ./findCastOf.sh -d
;;
3)
exec ./findOtherShows.sh -n $FULLCAST
;;
4)
exec ./findShowsWith.sh
;;
5)
exec ./saveFilmography.sh
;;
6)
exec ./xrefCast.sh
;;
7)
exec ./iQuery.sh
;;
8)
printf "\n"
cat uniqTitles.txt
printf "\n"
exec ./start.command
;;
9)
start_help
exec ./start.command
;;
10)
printf "Quitting...\n"
exit
;;
*)
printf "You picked $pickMenu ($REPLY)\n"
break
;;
esac
else
case "$REPLY" in
[Qq]*)
printf "Quitting...\n"
exit
;;
esac
fi
done </dev/tty