reddit-popular.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script uses rsstail to retrieve latests entries from Reddit Popular rss feed
# and process them through awk. Each update shows a timestamp separator.
#
# It will work with most RSS feeds out there.
#

rsstail -rlH -u https://www.reddit.com/r/popular/.rss | awk '
	BEGIN {
		ResetColor  = "\033[0m"
		BrightColor = "\033[1;33m"
		DarkColor   = "\033[1;30m"
		last_update = systime()
	}
	/^Title:/ {
		title = $0
		sub(/Title:/, "", title)
	}
	/^Link:/ {
		link = $0
		sub(/Link:/, "", link)
	}
	title && link {
		# timestamp spam protection (30 seconds)
		if (systime() - last_update >= 30) {
			print DarkColor "---[ " strftime("%H:%M") " ]-------------" ResetColor
			print ""
			last_update = systime()
		}
		
		print BrightColor title ResetColor
		print DarkColor link ResetColor
		print ""
		title = link = ""
	}
'