RSS Feed Reader (PERL)
I’ve been working on a PERL script that will take an RSS feed from a URL, parse through it and then download the .torrent files forthe shows/movies/apps/porn/music, etc. that you’ve defined in a seperate file.
Step 1: Download the script file here.
Step 2: Edit the rss.pl file to fit your needs. For example, changing the directory specific variables at the top of the file to match your system.
Step 3: Edit the shows.list file to include the shows you wish to download.
Step 4: Enable fluxd and the watch service.
Step 4.1: Click the Admin button in the top right corner of the torrentfluxb4rt page.
Step 4.2: Start fluxd.
Step 4.3: Scroll down to the watch service and make sure the drop down menu says True and make sure the icon next to watch is green.
Step 4.4: Click configure Watch Jobs and add an autostart directory. Make sure this directory and the directory at the top of rss.pl are the same.
Step 4.5: Make sure to hit update settings at the bottom of the fluxd page when you’re done setting this all up.
Step 5: Make rss.pl executable with:
chmod +x rss.pl
Step 6: Either run the script manually using:
perl rss.pl
- OR -
Add it as a cronjob. Because cron works differently in many distros, I’m not going to cover how to set up a cronjob, but this site can help you out.



I need to add a list of titles to exclude.
For example, in my attempt to download the show “House” I am constantly getting Desperate “House”wives which is slightly annoying, lol.