List-OsUpdates

Lists OS updates

Script

param([string]$RSS_URL = "https://distrowatch.com/news/dwd.xml", [int]$MaxCount = 30)

try {
	" "
	"Date  OS Update"
	"----  ---------"
	[xml]$Content = (Invoke-WebRequest -URI $RSS_URL -userAgent "curl" -useBasicParsing).Content


	[int]$Count = 0
	foreach ($item in $Content.rss.channel.item) {
		"$($item.title)"
		$Count++
		if ($Count -eq $MaxCount) { break }
	}
	"      (source: DistroWatch.com)"
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"?? ERROR: $($Error[0]) (script line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber))"
	exit 1
}

Customize

RSS_URL string

Specifies the URL to the RSS feed

MaxCount int

Specifies the number of news to list