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