feeder

#!/bin/sh

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# @author      : Gavin Jaeger-Freeborn (gavinfreeborn@gmail.com)
# @file        : feeder.sh
# @created     : Mon 29 Jun 2020 11:32:51 AM
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# @description : A simple rss reader using dmenu and sfeed
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# check sfeed is installed
command -v "sfeed" >/dev/null || { notify-send "📦 <b>sfeed</b> must be installed for this function." && exit 1; }
# check dmenu is installed
command -v "dmenu" >/dev/null || { notify-send "📦 <b>dmenu</b> must be installed for this function." && exit 1; }

# find alternative apps if it is installed on your system
find_alt() { for i;do command -v "${i}" >/dev/null && { echo "${i}"; return 0;};done;return 1; }
export PLUMBER=$(find_alt cabl $OPENER)

url=$(sfeed_plain "$HOME/.sfeed/feeds/"* | dmenu -l 35 -i | \
	sed -n 's@^.* \([a-zA-Z]*://\)\(.*\)$@\1\2@p')
test -n "${url}" && $PLUMBER "${url}"

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