RSSTAIL(1)

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version 2.1 · 2 versions
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💖 RSSTAIL(1) — like, the manual page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're learning rsstail from the User Commands corner of the manual, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. it's the Debian-flavored manpage, so let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

rsstail — a console RSS reader that monitors feeds and outputs new entries 🌸

like, it sits there and watches your feeds and tells you what's new. obsessed.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

rsstail [OPTIONS]... -u URL

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options, then a URL, periodt. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so real talk: this manual page was written for the Debian distribution, because the original program doesn't have a manual page. we're literally the first to write it down. iconic behavior tbh. 💖

rsstail fetches RSS feeds from the URLs you give it and outputs them continuously, much like tail -f does with files. yes bestie, exactly like that. it's tail -f but for feeds. the way that it just... keeps going... 🌈

💜 OPTIONS 💜

options can be given in any order, no cap. and options that don't take an argument? you can combine them all after a single dash — stack 'em like bracelets. ✨

  • -t — show a timestamp of when the item was processed 🕐
  • -l — show the item's link 🔗
  • -e — show the item's enclosure URL 📦
  • -d — show the item's description 📝
  • -p — show the item's publication date 📅
  • -a — show the item's author ✍️
  • -c — show the item's comments 💬
  • -g — show the item's GUID 🆔
  • -N — do not show headings 🙈
  • -b X — limit description and comments to X bytes 📏
  • -z — keep going even if there are XML parser errors in the RSS feed 💀 (she's resilient, she's not like other girls)
  • -Z string — output a user-specified string before all the other headings 🎀
  • -n X — initially show only the first X items 🌱
  • -H — strip HTML tags 🧼
  • -A username:password — authenticate against the webserver 🔐
  • -u URL — URL of the RSS feed to tail 👑 (this one's kinda required, bestie)
  • -i seconds — check interval in seconds (default is 15 minutes) ⏳
  • -r — print items in reverse order 🔄
  • -x host[:port] — proxy server to use 🛰️
  • -y username:password — credentials for the proxy server 🔑
  • -P — do not exit when an error occurs 🛡️
  • -1 — one shot mode: check the feeds for new items, print them out and exit 🎯 (one and done, queen)
  • -v — be verbose (repeat to increase verbosity) 🗣️ — yes you can stack this one too, louder and louder, fr fr
  • -h — show options and their descriptions 📖
  • -V — show version of the program ⭐

💅 AUTHOR 💅

this manual page was written by Rene Mayorga <rmayorga@debian.org.sv> for the Debian system (but may be used by others, she's generous like that 🫶). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. 📜

also, tiny little detail, not me forgetting: this is version 0.1 of the page, and it's RSSTAIL(1) — so like, first draft energy, but she ate. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸
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