hn

read HN from the command line

Features

• Modular, "daemon" + ctl
• Daemon can watch for regexes in stories and trigger notifications (currently broken on OSX) or do any other type of work

Install

$ make install

Usage

1. Start the daemon
2. Use the command line interface

# Start the daemon
$ hnd

# OR start the daemon with a config file (see example config file)
$ hnd --config hn/hn.conf

# Use the command line interface
$ hnctl
ctl >
ctl > top               # show top stories
ctl > new               # show new stories
ctl > ask               # show ask stories
ctl > jobs              # show jobs stories
ctl > show              # show "show hn" stories

ctl > ping              # ping HN site
ctl > open 1            # open story <1> in browser
ctl > user pg           # show user <pg>
ctl > help              # show help
ctl > help user         # show help for command <user>
ctl > quit              # quit

# You can also invoke a command directly w/o the loop
$ hnctl top
$ hnctl open 1

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