---
name: "sfeed_markread"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sfeed"
version: "2.2-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sfeed_markread"
---

# sfeed\_markread(1)

mark items as read/unread

## NAME

**sfeed\_markread** – mark items as read/unread

## SYNOPSIS

**sfeed\_markread** *read* \| *unread* \[*urlfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sfeed\_markread** reads a plain-text list of URLs from stdin. The file format for the list of URLs is one URL per line. **sfeed\_markread** will write to the file specified as *urlfile* or with the environment variable SFEED\_URL\_FILE. The **sfeed\_markread** script can be used by [sfeed\_curses(1)](/sfeed_curses/1.md) to mark items as read and unread.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- SFEED\_URL\_FILE

  This variable can be set to use as the path to the file containing a plain-text list of read URLs.

## EXIT STATUS

The **sfeed\_markread** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs.

## EXAMPLES

Example:

```
export SFEED_URL_FILE="$HOME/.sfeed/urls"
echo 'https://codemadness.org/sfeed.html' | sfeed_markread read
```

or pass the *urlfile* as a parameter:

```
echo 'https://codemadness.org/sfeed.html' | sfeed_markread read ~/.sfeed/urls
```

## SEE ALSO

[awk(1)](/awk/1.md), [sfeed\_curses(1)](/sfeed_curses/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Hiltjo Posthuma ⟨*hiltjo@codemadness.org*⟩