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bbc.sh
#!/bin/sh
URL="http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/uk/rss.xml"
curl --silent "$URL" | grep -E '(title>|description>)' | \
grep -E '(<title>|description)' | tail -n +4 | sed -e 's/<!\[CDATA\[//g' -e 's/\]\]>//g' | sed -e 's/<a.*a>/ /g' | sed -e 's/<*.title>//g' -e 's/&lt;.*/\
/' | sed -e 's/<*.title>//g' -e 's/&lt;.*/\
/' | sed -e '/<description>/d' | sed -e 's/<\/description>/\
/g
' | fmt -w 80
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