Commands tagged xpath (5)

  • display the hover text of the most recent xkcd

    I look at xkcd in my news reader, but it displays the image's title attribute only for a few seconds which makes reading the longer ones more challenging. So I use this to display it in my console.


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    curl -s 'http://xkcd.com/rss.xml' | xpath '//item[1]/description/text()' 2>&1 | sed -n 's/.*title="\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | fold -s
    putnamhill · 2013-02-16 22:38:26 0
  • Play 2600 off the hook over ssh

    Ever wanted to stream your favorite podcast across the network, well now you can. This command will parse the iTunes enabled podcast and stream the latest episode across the network through ssh encryption. Show Sample Output


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    curl -L -s `curl -s http://www.2600.com/oth-broadband.xml` | xmlstarlet sel -t -m "//enclosure[1]" -v "@url" -n | head -n 1` | ssh -t [user]@[host] "mpg123 -"
    denzuko · 2010-07-30 23:20:50 0
  • Play a podcast via XPath and mpg123

    Gets the latest podcast show from from your favorite Podcast. Uses curl and xmlstarlet. Make sure you change out the items between brackets.


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    curl -L -s `curl -s [http://podcast.com/show.rss]` | xmlstarlet sel -t -m "//enclosure[1]" -v "@url" -n | head -n 1` | ssh -t [user]@[host] "mpg123 -"
    denzuko · 2010-07-31 00:17:47 0
  • xpath function

    This function uses xmllint to evaluate xpaths. Usage: xpath /some/xpath XMLfile Show Sample Output


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    xpath () { xmllint --format --shell "$2" <<< "cat $1" | sed '/^\/ >/d' }
    sharfah · 2011-10-05 07:45:16 0
  • extract element of xml

    This function uses xmllint to evaluate xpaths. Usage: xpath /path/to/element XMLfile


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    xpath () { xmllint --format --shell "$2" <<< "cat $1" | sed '/^\/ >/d' }
    sharfah · 2011-12-20 08:34:11 0

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