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

# sfeed\_update(1)

update feeds and merge with old feeds

## NAME

**sfeed\_update** – update feeds and merge with old feeds

## SYNOPSIS

**sfeed\_update** \[*sfeedrc*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**sfeed\_update** writes TAB-separated feed files and merges new items with the items in any existing files. The items are stored as one file per feed in the directory *$HOME/.sfeed/feeds* by default. The directory can be changed in the [sfeedrc(5)](/sfeedrc/5.md) file.

## OPTIONS

- *sfeedrc*

  Config file. The default is *$HOME/.sfeed/sfeedrc*.

## FILES READ

- *sfeedrc*

  This file is evaluated as a shellscript in **sfeed\_update**. See also the [sfeedrc(5)](/sfeedrc/5.md) man page for a detailed description of the format and an example file.

## FILES WRITTEN

- *feedname*

  TAB-separated [sfeed(5)](/sfeed/5.md) format containing all items per feed. The **sfeed\_update** script merges new items with this file.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- SFEED\_UPDATE\_INCLUDE

  When set to "1" **sfeed\_update** can be sourced as a script, but it won't run the **main**() entry-point.

## LOGGING

When processing a feed it will log failures to stderr and non-failures to stdout in the format:

```
[HH:MM:SS] feedname message
```

## EXIT STATUS

The **sfeed\_update** utility exits 0 on success, and \>0 if an error occurs. If any of the feeds failed to update then the exit status is non-zero.

## EXAMPLES

To update your feeds and format them in various formats:

```
# Update feeds
sfeed_update "configfile"
# Format to a plain-text list
sfeed_plain ~/.sfeed/feeds/* > ~/.sfeed/feeds.txt
# Format to HTML
sfeed_html ~/.sfeed/feeds/* > ~/.sfeed/feeds.html
# Format to HTML with frames
mkdir -p somedir && cd somedir && sfeed_frames ~/.sfeed/feeds/*
```

## SEE ALSO

[sfeed(1)](/sfeed/1.md), [sfeed\_frames(1)](/sfeed_frames/1.md), [sfeed\_html(1)](/sfeed_html/1.md), [sfeed\_plain(1)](/sfeed_plain/1.md), [sh(1)](/sh/1.md), [sfeed(5)](/sfeed/5.md), [sfeedrc(5)](/sfeedrc/5.md)

## AUTHORS

Hiltjo Posthuma ⟨*hiltjo@codemadness.org*⟩