Quick and dirty RSS

curl --silent "FEED ADDRESS" |sed -e 's/<\/[^>]*>/\n/g' -e 's/<[^>]*>//g

runs an rss feed through sed replacing the closing tags with newlines and the opening tags with white space making it readable.

Sample Output

% curl --silent "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml" |sed -e 's/<\/[^>]*>/\n/g' -e 's/<[^>]*>//g'

      UK retail banks 'need protecting'

      UK banks' retail operations should be "ring-fenced" from their investment banking arms, the Independent Commission on Banking recommends.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-13032403

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13032403

      Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:20:19 GMT






      Royal couple on pre-wedding visit

      Prince William and Kate Middleton visit Lancashire in their final public engagement before their wedding.

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-lancashire-13033244

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-13033244

      Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:52:24 GMT

By: ljmhk

2011-04-11 14:08:50

sed curl rss

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