source: utils/centericq2bitlbee.sh @ 07ff8a2

#!/bin/bash
#
#  Author       geno, <geno@xenyon.com>
#  Date         2004-04-24
#  Version      0.1c
#

show_help()
{
cat << _EOF_

This script converts your CenterICQ contacts (AIM/ICQ) to BitlBee's contacts.
The use of this script is on you own risk. You agree by using this script. :-)

SYNTAX: `basename $0` <protoname> [<add_proto_tag>]

        protoname     - Choose the protocol you want to get your contacts from
                        by using "aim" or "icq" here.

        add_proto_tag - This is optional and adds a suffix to each nickname.
                        For an AIM contact it will look like this: geno|aim
                        For an ICQ contact it will be |icq , WOW! :-D
                        To enable this option use "on". 

NOTE:
        After the conversion of one protocol is done you will find a file
        called bitlbee_[protoname] in ~/.centericq . Append the content of
        this file to /var/lib/bitlbee/[username].nicks .

        [username] is your username you use to talk to the BitlBee Server.
        You will have to be root to edit this file!

CREDITS:
        This script was written by geno (geno@xenyon.com).
        I hope it will help you to make the switch to BitlBee a bit easier. :-)

_EOF_
exit 0
}

case $1 in
        "") show_help ;;
        "icq")
                nick_protocol="[1-9]*/"
                protocol_const="3"
        ;;
        
        "aim")
                nick_protocol="a*/"
                protocol_const="1"
        ;;
        
        *) show_help ;;
esac

# can we see CenterICQ's directory ?
if [ ! -d ~/.centericq ]; then
        echo "The directory of CenterICQ (~/.centericq) was not found!"
        echo "Maybe you are logged in with the wrong username."
        exit 1
fi

# change to the center of all evil ;)
cd ~/.centericq

# get the listing of all nicks
nick_listing=`ls -d $nick_protocol | sed 's/\ /_DuMmY_/g' | sed 's/\/_DuMmY_/\/ /g'`

echo -e "\nConverting ...\n"

# remove old conversion
rm -f ~/.centericq/bitlbee_$1

for nick_accountname in $nick_listing; do
        # get rid of the slash and replace _DuMmY_ with space
        nick_accountname=`echo "$nick_accountname" | sed 's/\/$//' | sed 's/_DuMmY_/\ /g'`
        
        # find centericq alias
        nick_cicq_alias=`cat "$nick_accountname/info" | sed '46!d'`
        
        # if the centericq alias is the same as the account's name then
        # it's not a real alias; search for account nickname
        if [ "$nick_accountname" == "$nick_cicq_alias" ]; then
                nick_accountalias=`cat "$nick_accountname/info" | sed '1!d'`
        fi

        # save the best nickname for conversion
        if [ "x$nick_accountalias" == "x" ]; then
                nick="$nick_cicq_alias"
        else
                nick="$nick_accountalias"
        fi

        # cut off the prefix 'a' of the accountname
        if [ "$1" == "aim" ]; then
                nick_accountname=`echo "$nick_accountname" | sed 's/^a//'`
        fi

        # replace each space with an underscore (spaces are not allowed in irc nicknames)
        nick=`echo "$nick" | sed 's/\ /_/g'`

        # if tags are wanted we will add them here
        if [ "$2" == "on" ]; then
                nick=`echo "$nick"\|$1`
        fi

        # print output to std
        echo "Found '$nick_accountname' with alias '$nick'"
        # save output to file
        echo "$nick_accountname" $protocol_const "$nick" >> ~/.centericq/bitlbee_$1
done

echo -e "\nYou can find this list as a file in ~/.centericq/bitlbee_$1."
echo -e "See help if you don't know what you have to do next.\n"