A bin/cron/newsboat-cron

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+ping -q -c 1 8.8.8.8 >/dev/null || exit
+count=0
+echo -e '\uf2f1' > $HOME/.newsboat/unread && pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks 
+count=$(newsboat -x "reload" && newsboat -x "print-unread" | cut -d ' ' -f1)
+
+if [ $count -gt 0 ]
+then
+    echo $count > $HOME/.newsboat/unread
+    pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
+    notify-send "$count unread RSS feeds"
+elif [ $count -eq 0 ]
+then
+    echo $count > $HOME/.newsboat/unread
+    pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 i3blocks
+fi

A bin/cron/playlist-sync-cron

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+#!/bin/bash
+PATH=/home/prithu/bin:/home/prithu/.gem/ruby/2.5.0/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/lib/jvm/default/bin:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl
+playlist-sync 2>&1 | tee "$HOME/.log/playlist-sync/$(date +%s | md5sum | awk '{print $1}')"