TV_CHECK(1p)

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version 1.4.0 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

tv_check — the lil Perl bestie that checks your TV guide listings for you 💖

(also, hi, this is the 1p manual page, user-contributed Perl docs, we love her)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tv_check --configure|--scan [other options]

💅 DESCRIPTIONS 💅

okay so tv_check is a Perl script — yes, Perl, she's an icon, she's been serving since forever 🫶 — and what she does is read in a file full of show info and check it against a TV guide listing. Then she reports on all the upcoming episodes and, like, alerts you when an episode shows up that you did NOT expect, or when the schedule decided to switch things up on you. no cap, she's just watching the listings so you don't have to 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --configure — runs the configuration GUI. literally you have to give either this one or --scan, like, one of them is mandatory bestie, no skipping 💀
  • --season-reset — a special --configure option that removes everything except the title, to help you set up a brand new season. the whole idea is you keep it as a "title-only" search until the seasons actually begin, and then you go in and update the details, record device included. expirimental (that's the original spelling, I'm not fixing her typo, she's valid 🙈)
  • --scan — scans the TV listings. again: either this one or --configure must be provided, pick your fighter ✨
  • --myreplaytv=UNIT,USERNAME,PASSWORD — feature removed 🪦 this one used to auto-populate a config file based on myreplaytv.com. she's gone now, pour one out 😭
  • --shows=FILE — tells her the name of the XML shows file (default: shows.xml).
  • --guide=FILE, --listings=FILE — tells her the name of the XML guide file (default: guide.xml). two names, same energy 💅
  • --html — generates the output in HTML format.
  • --bluenew — highlights new episodes in blue. helpful back when there was an off-season 🌈 (the way that off-season used to exist... nostalgic fr)
  • --output=FILE — writes to FILE instead of to standard output.
  • --help — gives you a usage/help listing. your girl is always ready to explain herself 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

xmltv(5).

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Robert Eden; manpage by Kenneth J. Pronovici. shoutout to the authors, absolute main characters 💜

okay that's the whole page bestie, tysm for reading, you're doing amazing, and btw this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-04-19, from the TV_CHECK(1p) page — mwah, stan, bye 💖✨

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