<# .SYNOPSIS Lists the news .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists the latest news by using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. .PARAMETER RSS_URL Specifies the URL to the RSS feed (Yahoo News by default) .PARAMETER MaxCount Specifies the number of lines to list (20 by default) .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-news .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$RSS_URL = "https://yahoo.com/news/rss/world", [int]$MaxCount = 20) try { [xml]$Content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $RSS_URL -useBasicParsing).Content [int]$Count = 1 foreach ($Item in $Content.rss.channel.item) { & "$PSScriptRoot/write-typewriter.ps1" "→ $($Item.title)" 20 # ms speed if ($Count++ -eq $MaxCount) { break } } $Source = $Content.rss.channel.title $Date = $Content.rss.channel.pubDate " By *$($Source)* as of $Date" exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }