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Shell script to extract the exchange rates from BNR (Romania)

August 13, 2008 – 19:59

Here is a simple script to get the exchange rates from www.bnro.ro/nbrfxrates.xml

#!/bin/bash
# clear the screen
clear
# display an info message
echo "+------------------------------+"
echo "|        BNR exchange          |"
echo "+------------------------------+"
# check for parameters
if [ $# -ne 1 ]
  then
    echo "Usage: $0 eur  or  $0 usd"
  else
    # convert parameter to upper case
    CURRENCY=$(echo $1 | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
    # execute the extraction
    RON=$(lynx -source http://www.bnro.ro/nbrfxrates.xml | grep $CURRENCY | cut -c25-30)
   echo "1 $CURRNECY = $RON RON"
fi

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2 Responses to “Shell script to extract the exchange rates from BNR (Romania)”
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Stima

var valuta_EUR = ’4,2775′;var valuta_USD = ’3,3212′;

By ado on Feb 2, 2009
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By Mike on Mar 22, 2010