#!/snap/bin/powershell # Syntax: ./news.ps1 # Description: print the latest news # Author: Markus Fleschutz # Source: github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell # License: CC0 #$RSS_URL = "http://feeds.skynews.com/feeds/rss/world.xml" $RSS_URL = "https://yahoo.com/news/rss/world" # $RSS_URL = "https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/HomePage.xml" try { [xml]$FileContent = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $RSS_URL).Content write-host "" write-host "+++ " $FileContent.rss.channel.title " +++" write-host "" foreach ($item in $FileContent.rss.channel.item) { write-host "*" $item.title } exit 0 } catch { Write-Error "ERROR in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }