virtualdj-historian.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
#  -- virtualdj-historian.sh --
#  A helper script for proper OBS track IDs from Virtual DJ tracklist.txt
#
#  USAGE:
#
#     1. Download to your home directory
#     2. chmod +x virtualdj-historian.sh
#     3. ./virtualdj-historian.sh
#
#  EXAMPLE:
#
#     ❯ ./virtualdj-historian.sh
#     Tony Moran - I Give In (feat. Orion) [Bryan Reyes and Deep Influence Mix]
# 
#  AUTHOR:
#  Josh Delsman (twitch.tv/djjoshuad)
#  

# Get local path of Virtual DJ tracklist:
tracklist="${HOME}/Documents/VirtualDJ/History/tracklist.txt"
nowplaying="${HOME}/Documents/VirtualDJ/History/now-playing.txt"

# Watch the end of the tracklist, and for each new matching track (beginning with "NN:NN : "),
# strip the aforementioned prefix data, and put the rest of the data into
# 'now-playing.txt' in the same folder.

exec /usr/bin/tail -n1 -f "${tracklist}" | sed -l -e 's/^\([0-9]*:[0-9]* : \)//g' | tee "${nowplaying}"