ID for a given pkgname with AUR

Question

How do I download _comments_ for X package in AUR? Maybe what I need to know is how do I translate 'packagename' to http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=2243 << correct number
I mean i want the ID for a given pkgname if that was no very clear.
This so I can add it to yaourt, and don't have to check the comments section in aur with a browser since many times, fixes are posted there...

Answer 1

thanks guys, got it working. I didn't look at what is data1 and data2 but this worked:
data1=`lynx -nolist -source "http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=${PKG}"|grep data1`
aurID=`echo "$data1"|egrep -o "ID.*${PKG}"|cut -c 4-|cut -c -4`
lynx -dump -nolist "http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=${aurID}"|sed -n '/Comments$/,/Add Comment$/p'|sed 's/pad.gif//'
i suppose it would be even neater with color coding etc, but that will have to be looked at another time
edit: changed it to be a bit neater
lynx -dump -nolist "http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?do_Details=1&ID=${aurID}"|sed -n '/Comments$/,/Add Comment$/p'|sed 's/pad.gif//'|sed 's/Comment by:/^[[1;37mComment by:^[[1;39m/g'|sed 's/[]//g'|sed 's/ Comments//'|sed 's/Add Comment//'
Although i'd rather the whole 'Comment by: username' line was in another color, but i'm not so good with sed/regexp. Suggestions welcome