gsvieira / lightnovel.sh

A terminal-based lightnovel reader written in Bash.

lightnovel.sh

A terminal-based lightnovel reader written in Bash. It scrapes freewebnovel.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
  • Arch Linux
  • Linux
• Usage
• Credits

Features

• Read daily updated english translated novels, retrieved from freewebnovel's extensive library.
• Focused on simplicity, minimalism and usability.
• Written in Bash, with minimal dependencies and easily tweakable.
• Stores your 20 most recently read novels¹ to continue reading where you left off.
• It uses the less pager by default, which can be changed by setting the PAGER environment variable.

Installation

Arch Linux

yay -S lightnovel.sh-git

Linux

Dependencies

Make sure you have these installed

cat curl grep head less mkdir sed tput tr w3m

Installing

git clone https://github.com/lr-tech/lightnovel.sh && sudo cp lightnovel.sh/lightnovel.sh /usr/local/bin/lightnovel.sh

Uninstalling

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/lightnovel.sh

Usage

A terminal-based lightnovel reader written in Bash.

USAGE:
  lightnovel.sh [OPTION]

OPTIONS:
  -c, --clear-cache     Clear cache
  -h, --help            Print this help page
  -l, --last-session    Restore last session
  -V, --version         Print version number

Credits

• lightnovel-cli: A simple program to read lightnovels in your terminal (Written in Rust).
• manga-cli: Bash script for reading mangas via the terminal.

Footnotes

1. This can be easily changed by editing the HISTORY_LENGHT variable on the script. ↩