rawdog

An RSS aggregator without delusions of grandeur.

Runs as rawdog|macOS, Linux, Windows|offog.org

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 10 fields

Fetch feeds and write the HTML page, or add, remove and list feeds. Template display and extra config files are included; other actions are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui rawdog

Update and manage feedsExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Fetch feeds and store*

--update

Advanced

Verbose

--verbose

Exit if already running

--no-lock-wait

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Update feeds

updateverboseno_lock_wait

Add a feed

addupdate

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Fetch feeds and store

boolean

--update-u

Add feed URL

url

--add-a

Remove feed URL

Removes the feed from the config file.
url

--remove-r

List known feeds

boolean

--list-l

Force-update one feed

url

--update-feed-f

Print a template

enum

--show-spageitemfeedlistfeeditem

Extra config file

path

--config-c

State directory

Used instead of $HOME/.rawdog.
path

--dir-d

Verbose

boolean

--verbose-v

Exit if already running

boolean

--no-lock-wait-W

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

-d DIR, --dir DIR -N, --no-locking -v, --verbose -W, --no-lock-wait -a URL, --add URL -c FILE, --config FILE -f URL, --update-feed URL -l, --list -r URL, --remove URL -s TEMPLATE, --show TEMPLATE (TEMPLATE may be page, item, feedlist or feeditem) -u, --update

manual2026-10-27

manpages.debian.org

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