reddit

Simple bash function for showing reddit headlines

What it does

Display headlines from any r/subreddit (default r/bash) and show comments for each one if desired.

Usage:

• reddit, show last headline from r/bash (default)
• reddit commandline, show 1 headline from r/commandline
• reddit bash 10, show 10 from r/bash
• reddit zsh 7 show, get 7 headlines from r/zsh, displays comments within fzf preview

Dependencies:

curl

Preview dependencies:

gum, fzf, html-xml-utils, bat

Notes

If your system has a html-xml-utils version prior to 8.0, then previews will just show author and comments, nor date. That's because hxselect included with package managers is too old and doesn't allow selection of more than 2 html tags. You might want to download and install a newer one from https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils.

$ reddit | cowsay
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< set -x is your friend >
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        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
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