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RTV(1) Usage and Commands RTV(1)

RTV - Reddit Terminal Viewer

rtv [URL] [-s SUBREDDIT]

RTV (Reddit Terminal Viewer) is a terminal interface to view and interact with reddit.

[optional] Full URL of a submission to open

show this help message and exit

Name of the subreddit that will be loaded on start

Log HTTP requests to the given file

Load configuration settings from the given file

Enable ascii-only mode

Disable color

Color theme to use, see --list-themes for valid options

List all of the available color themes

Forget the authenticated user when the program exits

Do not authenticate automatically on startup

Remove any saved user data before launching

Copy the default configuration to {HOME}/.config/rtv/rtv.cfg

Copy an example mailcap configuration to {HOME}/.mailcap

Open external links using programs defined in the mailcap config

show program's version number and exit

Disable screen flashing

Show system and environment information and exit

Move the cursor using the arrow keys or vim style movement.
Press up and down to scroll through submissions.
Press right to view the selected submission and left to return.
Press ? to open the help screen.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rtv/rtv.cfg
The configuration file can be used to customize default program settings.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/rtv/refresh-token
After you login to reddit, your most recent OAuth refresh token will be stored for future sessions.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/rtv/history.log
This file stores URLs that have been recently opened in order to visually highlight them as "seen".

Text editor to use when editing comments and submissions. Will fallback to $EDITOR.
Url viewer to use to extract links from comments. Requires a compatible program to be installed.
Web browser to use when opening links. Will fallback to $BROWSER.

Michael Lazar <lazar.michael22@gmail.com> (2017).

Report bugs to https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv/issues

The MIT License (MIT)

June 3, 2019 Version 1.27.0