Geektool RSS feed script?

[ShortyDK85]

Hello.

I've searched high and low on the internet to find an RSS feed script that can help me show the new shows that are being aired via the followshows.com website. I've found a bunch, but none of them work the way I would like them to. What I'm looking for is a script that will show the newest entries (shows that I have in my subscription) and a date ahead of each entry.

The closest I have gotten is this code:

#!/bin/sh

URL="https://followshows.com/feed/roz8a"

if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
headarg=$(( $1 * 2 ))
else
headarg="-20"
fi

curl --silent "$URL" | grep -E '(title>|description>)' | \
sed -n '4,$p' | \
sed -e 's/<title>//' -e 's/<\/title>//' -e 's/<description>/ /' \
-e 's/<\/description>//' | \
sed -e 's/\]\]>//g' |
head $headarg | sed G | fmt

The code does get me a few entries, but they are drowning in gibberish:

https://imgur.com/fvwIWD2

Can somebody please help me, I am a complete n00b when it comes to coding...

Best regards,
ShortyDK85

 

[AppleSmack]

Coding this seems like doing it the hard way round!

Just use an existing service or app...

🔎 RSS feed services and apps - Google Search

www.google.com

 

[ShortyDK85]

Thank you for the tip, AppleSmack, but I prefer my RSS reader be present on my desktop rather than having to open a program or an app.

Browsing through the insane amount of pages in the "Your Geektool scripts" thread has helped me further though... I now only need the date to be in front of the entries, as I found this script:

curl --silent "https://followshows.com/feed/roz8a" | grep -E '(title>)' | \
sed -n '4,$p' |
sed -e 's/<title>//' -e 's/<\/title>//' |
sed -e 's/<!\[CDATA\[//g' |
sed -e 's/\]\]>//g' |
sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' |
sed -e '/^[ ]*$/d' |
head $headarg

which gives me this result

https://imgur.com/rrWsufM