A slashdot headline grabbing script

Apr 30, '03 09:28:00AM

Contributed by: yold

This shell script parses the XML slashdot file and retrieves the latest headlines, based on the ThinkGeek quote retriever.

Installation

  1. Copy and paste this entire script into a plain text file.
    #!/bin/sh
    
    #Yold's Slashdot newsfeed reader
    
    echo "Current Slashdot Headlines" 
    curl -s http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml | \
    sed -n -e '/title/p' | \
    sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' > /tmp/slash.txt
    cat /tmp/slash.txt | more
  2. Name the script slashreader.sh, save to your home directory.

  3. Open a terminal, and type chmod a+x ~/slashreader.sh to make the file executable.

  4. Add alias slashreader "sh ~/slashreader.sh" to your .cshrc file in your home directory.

  5. Type slashreader in the terminal
This will display a list of the current headlines, so you can see if there's anything new of interest you'd like to read.

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