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[iankelling.org] / get-comments

diff --git a/get-comments b/get-comments
index 36bbe0dfca800540ea439a254da9a0ca044544ca..36563b84afa7e5783648f43f7628dfed9c3330ca 100755 (executable)
--- a/get-comments
+++ b/get-comments
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ shell="ssh iankelling.org"
 while [[ $1 ]]; do
     case $1 in
         -a) all=true; shift ;;
-        -l) shell= ; shift ;; # -l  for local
+        -l) shell= ; shift ;; # -l  for local site instead of iankelling.org
     esac
 done
 
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # we may want to avoid rate limited posts here too.
-sql="select * from c"
+sql="select * from c;"
 if [[ $date ]]; then
-    date_clause=" where date > cast('$date' as real)"
+    sql+=" where date > cast('$date' as real)"
 fi
-echo "$sql"
-$s "$sql" > /tmp/hcomments
+echo "executing: $sql"
+$s > /tmp/hcomments <<<"$sql"