xkcd - view and download xkcd comics from the shell

dmz · 2011-01-22 23:10:23

xkcd is a command-line interface to xkcd.com.

View, download and enjoy comics straight from the comfortable shell.
The mouse-over text is displayed when the image-viewing application exits for maximum amusement.

Called with zero arguments, the latest xkcd comic is displayed.
The -c flag takes an (preferably valid) integer that corresponds to that particular xkcd comic number. The -a flag only displays the mouse-over text, while the -d flag downloads the comic to location.

ilusi0n · 2011-01-22 23:43:42

That's awesome. Good job . Is always good see xkcd frequently

dmz · 2011-01-23 00:29:48

Thank you.

I've been thinking about creating some sort of daemon that could notify the user when a new xkcd comic is available, perhaps execute some arbitary command or just download it...

mmh... what do you think?

hellnest · 2011-01-23 10:01:23

Thanks for this application , I love XKCD hehe.

Ah and +100 for the daemon stuff..

Awebb · 2011-01-23 10:17:39

Wow, that's what I needed: A short distraction without having to open a browser.

ilusi0n · 2011-01-23 12:33:29

dmz wrote:

I've been thinking about creating some sort of daemon that could notify the user when a new xkcd comic is available, perhaps execute some arbitary command or just download it...
mmh... what do you think?

Excellent idea. Go for it

SS4 · 2011-01-23 18:43:32

Nice!

Not sure if a daemon is necessary though, xkcd has long updated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays

edit: it would be nice if you could pass an option to get a random comic.

xkcd -r

for example. If it helps the URL for a random comic is http://dynamic.xkcd.com/random/comic/

Last edited by SS4 (2011-01-23 18:44:46)

dmz · 2011-01-23 19:14:46

SS4 wrote:

edit: it would be nice if you could pass an option to get a random comic.

Thank you, and done.

SS4 · 2011-01-23 19:39:20

dmz wrote:

SS4 wrote:
edit: it would be nice if you could pass an option to get a random comic.
Thank you, and done.

Thank you

tavianator · 2011-01-23 19:45:20

Of course, if you want a CLI interface to XKCD, there's always this: http://uni.xkcd.com/

Last edited by tavianator (2011-01-23 19:45:29)

dmz · 2011-01-23 19:54:27

I've added a --download-all option; use common sense, we don't want Randal sketching comics on how archlinux users DDOS him, right

Arch Linux

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xkcd - view and download xkcd comics from the shell

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