View source for How to rearrange the channel list

To rearrange the channel list, use this shell script:

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#!/bin/sh
#
# a small shell script for automatic ordering of TV channels in MythTV
#
# BIG FAT WARNING: this script was tested only with MythTV v0.23.
# Future versions of mythtv possibly use an incompatible database layout.
#
# The following workflow is recommended:
#  1) backup the current channel settings:
#       ./channel_sort_mythtv.sh dump >mythtv_channels_dump.sql
#  2) retrieve the current list of channel names
#       ./channel_sort_mythtv.sh get >channels.list
#  3) sort the channels in 'channels.list' with your favourite text editor
#  4) upload the new channel order (starting from channum=1):
#       ./channel_sort_mythtv.sh set <channel.list
#
# After another channel scan you can run this script again with the
# 'merge' argument. It reads your current channel order from stdin
# and appends all 'new' channels (taken from the database).
# 
#
# Copyright 2010 Lars Kruse <devel@sumpfralle.de>
#
# This script is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This script is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this script.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


set -eu

# you can override the mysql.txt location by providing it via an environment variable
MYSQL_CONF_FILE=${MYSQL_CONF_FILE:-}

# only used for "set" operation:
#       use this channel number for all channels, that are listed in stdin
#       set it to an empty string, if the channels, that are not listed, should remain untouched
DEFAULT_CHANNEL=10000

# set DEBUG to a non-empty string to output the result sql statements instead of executing them
# use something like "export DEBUG=true" before running this script to enable debug mode
DEBUG=${DEBUG:-false}
export DEBUG

# read the mysql connection settings from the myth config
# this exposes DBHostName, DBUserName, DBName and DBPassword
for mysql_config in "$MYSQL_CONF_FILE" ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt /etc/mythtv/mysql.txt; do
        if test -n "$mysql_config" && test -r "$mysql_config"; then
                . "$mysql_config"
                break
         fi
 done
# temporarily disable the "unset variable check" of bash
set +u
if test -z "$DBHostName" -o -z "$DBUserName" -o -z "$DBName" -o -z "$DBPassword"; then
        echo "Failed to read the mysql settings file of MythTV." >&2
        echo "You can set the environement variable MYSQL_CONF_FILE to specify a custom location." >&2
 fi
set -u


send_mysql_statement() {
        if test "$DEBUG" != "false"; then
                # only output the sql statements - don't execute them
                cat -
         else
                mysql -h "$DBHostName" -u "$DBUserName" --password="$DBPassword" --skip-column-names "$DBName"
         fi
}

show_syntax() {
        echo "Syntax: $(basename "$0") ACTION"
        echo "Possible actions:"
        echo "  get     - get all unsorted channel names from the database (to stdout)"
        echo "  set     - read the desired order of channels (by name) from stdin"
        echo "  merge   - output stdin and add all channel names (from the database)"
        echo "            that were not listed before (to stdout)"
        echo "  dump    - dump the current state of the 'channel' table (as a backup)"
        echo "  help    - show this syntax description"
        echo "Hint: the 'get' operation does to same as 'merge' with empty stdin."
}


ACTION=invalid
test $# -gt 0 && ACTION="$1"

case "$ACTION" in
        get)
                # get distinct names and ignore empty lines
                echo "SELECT DISTINCT BINARY name FROM channel ORDER BY LPAD(channum, 3, 0) ASC;" \
                        | send_mysql_statement \
                        | grep -v "^$"
                ;;
        set)
                (
                        # reset all channel numbers to the default value if it is not empty
                        test -n "$DEFAULT_CHANNEL" && echo "update channel set channum='$DEFAULT_CHANNEL';"
                        current_num=1
                        cat - | grep -v "^$" | while read channel; do
                                # escape single quotes
                                channel=$(echo "$channel" | sed "s/'/\\\\'/g")
                                echo "update channel set channum=$current_num where BINARY name='$channel';"
                                current_num=$((current_num + 1))
                         done
                ) | send_mysql_statement
                ;;
        merge)
                input="$(cat -)"
                echo "$input"
                "$0" get | while read channel; do echo "$input" | grep -q "^$channel$" || echo "$channel"; done
                ;;
        dump)
                mysqldump -h "$DBHostName" -u "$DBUserName" --password="$DBPassword" "$DBName" channel
                ;;
        help|--help|invalid)
                if test "$ACTION" = "invalid"; then
                        show_syntax >&2
                        exit 1
                 else
                        show_syntax
                fi
                ;;
 esac

exit 0
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