Rsstail.py is a command-line syndication feed monitor with behavior similar to 'tail -f'. It is inspired by the rsstail based on C and libmrss, but provides more customizable output formatting and additional features. It is implemented in Python.
General Options:
-v --verbose increase verbosity
-V --version print version and exit
-h --help show this help message and exit
-x --help-format show formatting help and exit
Feed Options:
-i --interval poll every seconds
-e --iterations poll times and quit
-n --initial initially show items
-w --newer show items newer than
-b --bytes show only description/comment bytes
-r --reverse print in reverse order
-s --striphtml strip html tags
-o --nofail do not exit on error
Format Options:
-t --timestamp show timestamp
-l --title show title
-u --url show url
-d --desc show description
-p --pubdate show publication date
-a --author show author
-c --comments show comments
-g --no-heading do not show headings
-m --time-format date/time format
-f --format output format (overrides other format options)
Requirements:
· Python 2.5 or above