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xidel.sh
# get the current url (watch your quoting):
xidel https://example.com --extract '$url'
# output JSON lines:
xidel --printed-json-format=compact https://example.com --extract '{"title"://title, "url": $url}'
# for a list of items, with pagination: follow item, extract data, paginate:
xidel https://example.com [ --follow //a[@class='item'] --extract //*[@class='price'] ] --follow //a[@class='next-page']
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