urlwatch

Watch webpages and notify when they change.

Runs as urlwatch|macOS, Linux, Windows|thp.io

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 10 fields

Runs the configured jobs, or lists and edits them. Job management with key=value specs, reporters and hooks are not included.

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

Run in Otty

otty gui urlwatch

Run urlwatch jobsExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Jobs (indexes or tags)

string

Treat jobs as tags

--tags

Advanced

Job list file

file

Debug output

--verbose

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Run jobs

jobstagsurlsverbose

List jobs

listurls

Edit job list

edit

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Jobs (indexes or tags)

Leave empty to run every job.
string · positional 0 · repeatable

Treat jobs as tags

boolean

--tags

Job list file

path

--urls

Config file

path

--config

Cache database

path

--cache

List jobs

boolean

--list

Edit job list

boolean

--edit

Edit configuration

boolean

--edit-config

Clean cache, keep latest N

integer

--gc-cache

Debug output

boolean

--verbose-v

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

manual

urlwatch [options] [JOB ...] JOB indexes or tags of job(s) to run. If --tags is set, each JOB is a tag, if -v, --verbose show debug output --tags use tags instead of indexes to select jobs to run --urls FILE read job list (URLs) from FILE --config FILE read configuration from FILE --cache FILE use FILE as cache database --list list jobs --edit edit URL/job l…

manual2.29

manpages.debian.org

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed urlwatch against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.