From 431daa1e55339279515845fb708d9a299672012c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Ruoff <thomasr@brandwatch.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 08:44:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rough readme

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 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
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 Helpers to write CSV files from https://www.madavi.de/sensor/csvfiles.php to
 your InfluxDb.
+
+# How does it work
+
+* get the relevant CSVs from https://www.madavi.de/sensor/csvfiles.php
+* delete all lines that you already have in your DB (keep the header)
+* export settings as environment vars in case they differ from the defaults
+  (INFLUXDB_HOST, INFLUXDB_PORT, INFLUXDB_DATABASE, SENSOR_ID)
+* run `cat <csv.file> | ./toLineProtocol.sh | ./toInfluxDb.sh`
+
+I should advise you to backup the DB first :stuck_out_tongue: