1URLWATCH(1)                      User Commands                     URLWATCH(1)
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NAME

6       urlwatch - monitors webpages for you
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SYNOPSIS

9       urlwatch [options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       urlwatch  is  intended  to  help  you watch changes in webpages and get
13       notified (via e-mail, in your terminal or through various  third  party
14       services)  of any changes. The change notification will include the URL
15       that has changed and a unified diff of what has changed.
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17   optional arguments:
18       -h, --help
19              show this help message and exit
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21       --version
22              show program's version number and exit
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24       -v, --verbose
25              show debug output
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27   files and directories:
28       --urls FILE
29              read job list (URLs) from FILE
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31       --config FILE
32              read configuration from FILE
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34       --hooks FILE
35              use FILE as hooks.py module
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37       --cache FILE
38              use FILE as cache database
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40   Authentication:
41       --smtp-login
42              Enter password for SMTP (store in keyring)
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44       --telegram-chats
45              List telegram chats the bot is joined to
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47       --test-slack
48              Send a test notification to Slack
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50   job list management:
51       --list list jobs
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53       --add JOB
54              add job (key1=value1,key2=value2,...)
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56       --delete JOB
57              delete job by location or index
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59       --test-filter JOB
60              test filter output of job by location or index
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62   interactive commands ($EDITOR/$VISUAL):
63       --edit edit URL/job list
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65       --edit-config
66              edit configuration file
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68       --edit-hooks
69              edit hooks script
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71   miscellaneous:
72       --features
73              list supported jobs/filters/reporters
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75       --gc-cache
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FILES

79       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/urlwatch/urls.yaml
80              A list of URLs, commands and other jobs to watch
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82       $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/urlwatch/hooks.py
83              A Python module that can implement new job  types,  filters  and
84              reporters
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86       $XDG_CACHE_HOME/urlwatch/cache.db
87              A SQLite 3 database that contains the state history of jobs (for
88              diffing)
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AUTHOR

91       Thomas Perl <thp.io/about>
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WEBSITE

94       https://thp.io/2008/urlwatch/
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98urlwatch 2.16                    January 2019                      URLWATCH(1)