A simple bash script that scrapes Hacker News and opens all the front page stories in your default browser.

• 🧡 Scrapes the Hacker News front page for story links
• 🌐 Opens all stories in your default browser with one command
• 🖥️ Cross-platform support (macOS, Linux, Windows)
• 📊 Shows you exactly which stories will be opened before proceeding
• ⚡ Built-in rate limiting to avoid overwhelming your browser

1. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x hanopener.sh

2. Run the script:

   ./hanopener.sh

3. The script will:

   • Fetch the current stories from Hacker News
   • Display a numbered list of all stories found
   • Ask for confirmation before opening them
   • Open each story in your default browser with a small delay

🧡 Hacker News Story Opener (Bash Version)
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Fetching stories from news.ycombinator.com...
Found 30 stories!

Stories to open:
1. https://example.com/story1
2. https://example.com/story2
...

Open all 30 stories in your browser? (y/N): y

Opening stories...
Opening 1/30: https://example.com/story1
Opening 2/30: https://example.com/story2
...

✅ Successfully opened 30/30 stories!

• curl - for fetching web pages
• grep - for text processing
• sed - for text manipulation
• A system command to open URLs:
  • macOS: open (built-in)
  • Linux: xdg-open (usually pre-installed)
  • Windows: start (built-in)

• ✅ macOS: Uses the open command
• ✅ Linux: Uses xdg-open command
• ✅ Windows: Uses start command
• ⚠️ Other systems: Will display URLs for manual copying

1. Fetches HTML: Downloads the Hacker News front page using curl
2. Extracts URLs: Uses grep and sed to find all story links with class="storylink"
3. Processes URLs: Converts relative URLs to absolute URLs
4. User Confirmation: Shows all stories and asks for permission
5. Opens Stories: Uses the appropriate system command to open each URL

This project was built using:

• Amazon Q - AI assistant for development
• Claude - AI assistant for code generation and debugging
• Container Use by Dagger - Development environment management

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

This script is for educational and personal use. Please be respectful of Hacker News and don't abuse their servers with excessive requests.