Geektool for BBC News

I've been using Geektool on and off for some time now for my Desktop needs. Here is a quick script that will show top news from various sources from the BBC. Adjust accordingly...

#!/bin/sh

URL="http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml"

#URL="http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/technology/rss.xml"

#URL="http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/us_and_canada/rss.xml"

if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then

  headarg=$(( $1 * 2 ))

else

  headarg="-8"

fi

/bin/date

echo ""

echo "      BBC World News"

echo "      **************"

curl --silent "$URL" | grep -E '(title>|description>)' | \

  sed -n '4,$p' | \

  sed -e 's/<title>//' -e 's/<\/title>//' -e 's/<description>/   /' \

      -e 's/<\/description>//' | \

  sed -e 's/<!\[CDATA\[//g' |           

  sed -e 's/\]\]>//g' |        

  sed -e 's/<[^>]*>//g' |     

  head $headarg | sed G | fmt