Re: looking for simple "rss to .signature"-script

[Marc Fournier <marc.fournier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> I'm looking for a way to integrate the latest post on my blog into my
> .signature-file. I remember having come across something like this
> months ago, but can't seem to find it now. Maybe you know a simple
> solution? The result should look something like my manual sig below.

I recently discovered a tool called xmlstarlet which lets you extract
stuff from xml data. Maybe you could use something like this on your
blog's rss feed:

$ curl -s http://michaelmaurer.net/rss.xml | \
  xmlstarlet sel -t -m /rss/channel/item -v link -n | \
  head -n1 > ~/.signature

Marc