pimpmyblog.pl : -f "url of the blog" [-t "template file"] [-o "output file"] if no -o is specified, it prints on STDOUT * Sample run This is my template file Raj Shekhar - Simon: I swear... when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate. - Read the latest at my blog: "!title!" <!url!> ---- When I run the above script like this from the command line - pimpmyblog.pl -t ./mysig.tpl -f "http://news.yahoo.com/rss/" This outputs --> Raj Shekhar - Simon: I swear... when it's appropriate. Kaylee: Simon, the whole point of swearing is that it ain't appropriate. - Read the latest at my blog: "Debt is a done deal, but peace truce already fades" <http://news.yahoo.com/debt-done-deal-peace-truce-already-fades-211237343.html> I can send this output to a file "/tmp/mysig.txt" pimpmyblog.pl -t ./mysig.tpl -f "http://news.yahoo.com/rss/" -o /tmp/mysig.txt