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Originally Posted by cjsegninir View Post
Hello everyone,
I would like to use the Queen Beecon to display in my desktop some text extracted from a webpage (It changes everyday, but it is displayed in the same place)
Seeing all the things you do know, I imagine it is fairly simple, but I have no clue on how to do it.
Could anyone give me a hand?
I am far from expert, but I'd start by using wget to get the file locally, then cat the file and parse it. I think wget can output to a pipe, but it makes debugging harder. Depending on cutting method, several tools can be used to snip the data.

In any case, you need a script. Add wget and cat the result, maybe to grep so you can find what you want. Someone better at Linux tools can help you cut the text you want.
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