#!/usr/bin/env bash
link=https://wittamore.com/articles/2025
description='Ramblings from Brittany, France'
rsslink=https://wittamore.com/rss.xml
feedname=/home/philip/web/rss.xml
postDir=/home/philip/web/articles/2025
updated=$(date --iso-8601=ns)
# Build RSS header & footer
header () {
echo "
" > ~/feedtop
echo "
Bloggings - wittamore.com
https://wittamore.com
Ramblings from Brittany, France
$updated
" >> ~/feedtop
}
footer () {
echo "
" >> ~/feedbottom
}
# Function: Build Item add to feed
item () {
echo "-
$fullTitle$postdate
$linkadd
$linkadd
$description
" >> ~/feed
}
# Function: Concatenate everything
combine () {
header
footer
cat ~/feedtop ~/feed > ~/feedtb
cat ~/feedtb ~/feedbottom > $feedname
rm ~/feedtop ~/feed ~/feedtb ~/feedbottom
}
# Run through files and create rss.xml
if [[ -f $feedname ]]; then
rm $feedname
fi
touch $feedname
mapfile -t postArray < <(ls -t "$postDir"/*.html)
postNum=0
for posts in "${postArray[@]}"; do
((postNum+=1))
post=$posts
fullTitle=$(grep -o '>.*' "$post" | sed 's/\(>\|<\/h2>\)//g')
postdate=$(grep -o '>.*' "$post" | sed 's/\(>\|<\/h5>\)//g')
postname=${post##*/}
linkadd="$link"/"$postname"
description=$(sed -n '/
.*/,/*.<\/h4>/{p;q;}' "$post" | sed -e 's/<[^>]\+>/ /g' -e 's|||g' -e 's|
||g' -e 's|"||g')
item "$post"
done
combine
exit