whatsapp to csv converter

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Jonas Weinz 2018-05-17 18:58:11 +02:00
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
SCRIPT=`realpath $0`
SCRIPTPATH=`dirname $SCRIPT`
# toolset:---------------------------------------------------------------------
command 2> >(while read line; do echo -e "\e[01;31m$line\e[0m" >&2; done)
function lineprint {
printf '%*s\n' "${COLUMNS:-$(tput cols)}" '' | tr ' ' =
}
function message {
lineprint
printf "$1\n"
lineprint
}
function error_message {
lineprint
printf "$1\n" >&2
lineprint
}
current_action="IDLE"
function confirm_action {
message "successfully finished action: $current_action"
}
function set_action {
current_action="$1"
message "$1"
}
function perform {
"$@"
local status=$?
if [ $status -ne 0 ]
then
error_message "$current_action failed!"
fi
return $status
}
function perform_and_exit {
perform "$@" || exit 1
}
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# reading input
INPUT=$1
OUTPUT="$INPUT.csv"
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
error_message "Error: no input file given. Usage: $0 <Whatsapp textbackup file>"
exit 1
fi
set_action "processing File: ${INPUT}"
if [ ! -e "$INPUT" ]
then
error_message "Error: file '$INPUT' not found"
exit 1
fi
perform_and_exit echo -e "date\ttime\tperson\tmessage" > "$OUTPUT"
# doing the following things in the pipeline below:
#
# 1. merging multiline messages by replacing newlines with spaces if they are not starting with a number followed by '/' (not stating with a date)
# 2. delete all lines containing the keywords: "added, creates, end-to-end, Media ommited" (which are most probably system messages)
# 3. replace separators of whatsapp's txt-format with '\t' as separator for csv
# 4. delete all double-quotes. Because people are too stupid to type them in pairs and that breaks some csv-interpreters 🤦‍♂
perform_and_exit sed ':a;N;/\n[0-9]\{1,\}\+\//!s/\n/ /;ta;P;D' "$INPUT" | grep -v -E 'added|created|end-to-end|Media omitted' | sed 's/, /\t/1; s/- /\t/1; s/: /\t/1;' | tr -d '"' >> "$OUTPUT"
confirm_action
message "Wrote output to $OUTPUT"