TV_TO_POTATOE(1p)

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

💖 TV_TO_POTATOE(1p) 💖

okay bestie, we're in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section of the manual, and today's main character is a lil script called tv_to_potatoe. yes it's spelled like that. no we're not fixing it. it's iconic, it's giving potato, we move on. 🥔✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

tv_to_potatoe — convert XMLTV listings to potatoe format. no cap, that's literally the whole job description. XMLTV in, potatoe files out. slay. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

tv_to_potatoe [--help] [--outdir PATH] [--lang LANGUAGE] [FILE...]

that's the whole vibe check right there. flags, a path, a language, some files, done. 💅

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea, bestie: this thing reads XMLTV data and outputs potatoe files — either into your current working directory, or into a directory you specify if you're feeling fancy. that's it. that's the whole personality. 🫶

  • --outdir PATH — write to PATH instead of the current working directory. like, you want your potatoes somewhere specific? say the word, queen. 👑
  • --lang LANGUAGE — the LANGUAGE you prefer. and yes, you can pass this one multiple times — stack 'em up, it's a whole language situation. but if you give it no --lang arguments at all, the default order of choice is German first, then English as the follow-up. so like, no flags = Deutsch gets first dibs. 🇩🇪➡️🇬🇧
also --help is sitting right there in the synopsis, being helpful, as it should. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • xmltv(5) — go read it, it's the whole reason this script exists fr fr. 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Stefan Siegl, ssiegl@gmx.de — legend behavior, we stan. 👑

🧚 cute lil sign-off: this page is from perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-04-19, filed under the TV_TO_POTATOE(1p) manual page. mwah. 💋🌺
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