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README.md

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 # cli-scripts
 
-Useful CLI scripts that I think are worth sharing.
+Useful CLI scripts that I think are worth sharing.
+
+**NOTE: With all of these, you'll need to customize the environment for yourself. I have yet to make things like home directories and what-not generic variables**
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+The scripts in the scripts directory rely heavily the expectation that you
+already have a number of applications installed on your system. If you're
+on a Debian or Ubuntu-ish system, then installing them should be more or less
+as simple as an `apt install {whatever}`. For the rest of you, you'll have to
+make your own way. Sorry.
+
+Here is the prerequisite list broken down by script:
+
+### apps
+
+This is a little ncurses menu I built for myself. Dependencies will be 
+determined by how you decide to customize the menu for yourself (i.e. what
+applications you want to put in the menu), but there is one common 
+dependency. 
+
+* `dialog` - I think this comes automatically with Debian/Ubuntu
+
+### birthdate
+
+prints the initial installation date of your system
+
+* None
+
+### cecho
+
+provides colorized echo messages
+
+* The **bash** version of `printf` for best results
+
+### checkit
+
+performs a grammatical version of code linting, but on your text documents.
+
+* `vale` - https://vale.sh/
+* `go` - Their Dockerfile (for the docker implementation) calls for golang 1.21
+
+### dirsz
+
+dumps a list of the directory sizes recursively from your CWD
+
+* None
+
+### fif
+
+A "find-in-files" utility for the console. 
+
+* `fd-find` - a better substitute for the standard 'find' command
+
+### forecast
+
+Dumpe a three-day forecast to your console
+
+* `curl`, and a network connection (for access to wttr.in)
+
+### ifcheck 
+
+shows the state of your ethernet/wifi interface
+
+* `ip` - I can't remember if this was something I had to install after the fact.
+
+### memo
+
+* None - However, you'll need to modify the script to specify your own editor, and you'll have to create a "memos" directory in your Documents folder.
+
+### netcheck
+
+Tells you if the internet is accessible from your shell. 
+
+* None
+
+### oggrec
+
+Starts a recording from the console, using your default mic
+
+* `alsa-utils` - provides `arecord` which captures the raw audio input
+* `vorbis-tools` - provides `oggenc` which encodes it to ogg and stores it to the specified file
+
+### status
+
+Combines the ifcheck, netcheck, wx, and a few other commands into a full screen status display
+
+* `ifcheck` - see above
+* `netcheck` - see above
+* `cecho` - see above
+* `wx` - seee below
+
+### vmemo
+
+records a short, low-resolution (small size) 15 second audio memo from your default mic
+
+* `arecord`
+* `mp3 codecs`
+
+### wx 
+
+displays the current weather conditions for your area. You'll need to customize the script.
+
+* `ansiweather` - available in Debian and Ubuntu repositories. 
+
+### yootoob
+
+A utility for searching and watching youtube videos without a browser
+
+* `ytfzf` (which I believe also has a dependency on `yt-dlp`)
+
+

scripts/wx

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if ! [[ -n $1 ]]; then
+    loc="Cowley,UK"
+else
+    loc=$1
+fi
+
+ansiweather -l $loc -u imperial -s true -i false