Mexican version of lottery (lotto), but can easily modify for another local lotteries.
Usage:
melate.pl [options]
Options:
-lottery or -l
The -lottery or -l option show the draws and result of a given
lottery name:
melate.pl -lottery melate
or
melate.pl -l melate
The values could be "melate", "revancha", "revanchita" and "retro".
By default shows the lastes 30 draws, you can use the -count option to
modify this behavior.
-count or -c
Show the last number of draws of a given lottery name:
melate.pl -lottery melate -count 20
or
melate.pl -l melate -c 20
-download or -d
Download the results of draws of lottery products from the
lottery authority and insert into the sqlite DB:
melate.pl -download
or
melate.pl -d
the operation could take a while.
-awards or -a
Search the last award information of each lottery product
melate.pl -award
or
melate.pl -a
And show (for example):
Melate
3890, 2024-04-21, $202,500,000.00
Revancha
3890, 2024-04-21, $97,900,000.00
Revanchita
3890, 2024-04-21, $330,600,000.00
Melate Retro
1418, 2024-04-20, $5,100,000.00
-summary or -s
Used with the -lottery (or -l) option, Don't show the draws and
numbers matrix, only the summary of the analysis:
melate.pl -lottery melate -count 20 -summary
or
melate.pl -l melate -c 20 -s
-text or -t
Used with the -lottery (or -l) option, Don't show termina text
color.
This to make printable output or generate files without escape
codes.
melate.pl -lottery melate -count 20 -text
or
melate.pl -l melate -c 20 -t
you can make a bash script to send the print output to file
#!/bin/bash
PRODUCT="melate revancha revanchita retro"
NUMBER="20 10"
for prod in $PRODUCT
do
for count in $NUMBER
do
/usr/local/bin/melate.pl -l $prod -c $count -t > $prod"_"$count.log
done
done
-help or -h or -?
Show this help
-
Download file
git clone https://github.com/elpop/melate.git -
Install SQLite:
The programs use SQLite. This is available for Mac OS and the most popular Linux distros.
for Debian/Ubuntu Linux systems:
sudo apt-get install sqlite3 libsqlite3-devFedora/Red-Hat Linux systems:
sudo dnf install sqlite sqlite-develMac OS
SQLite is available by default.
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Perl Dependencies
All the Perl Modules are available via metacpan or install via "cpan" program in your system. Debian/Ubuntu and Fedora has packages for the perl modules.
for Fedora/Redhat:
sudo dnf install perl-File-Copy perl-Text-Diff perl-Getopt-Long perl-Pod-Usage perl-DBI perl-DBD-SQLite perl-libwww-perlfor Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install libdbi-perl libdbd-sqlite3-perl libtext-diff-perl libwww-perl sudo cpan -i Getopt::Long Pod::UsageOn Mac OS you can use CPAN:
sudo cpan -i File::Copy Text::Diff Getopt::Long Pod::Usage DBI DBD::SQLite LWP::UserAgent; -
Put on your search path
Copy the melate.pl program somewhere in your search path:
sudo cp melate.pl /usr/local/bin/.
the program create a hidden directory ".melate" in your HOME path.
into th directory create the sqlite DB called "melate.db" and a results directory for process the files from the lottery authority.
when you run for the firs time you see the following:
Init DB
Download results from Pronosticos Deportivos
Melate
Revancha
Revanchita
Melate Retro
Now, you can use the program :)
you can update the results database with the -dowload option.
If you want to auto update the lottery results, edit your crontab and put:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
0 8 * * 1,3,4,6,0 /usr/local/bin/melate.pl -d
Thist run at 8 o'clock on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The "Melate", "Revancha" and "Revanchita" results are available on Thursday, Saturday and Monday.
"Retro" has results available on Wednesday and Sunday.
Please sponsor this project, or send a big tip to pay my high debt on credit cards :)