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+# RSS-DL
+
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/pikami/rss-dl)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/pikami/rss-dl)
+
+A simple rss feed downloader written in go
+
+## Basic usage
+Clone this repository and run `go build` to build the executable.\
+You can download feeds by running `./rss-dl [Options] FEED_URL`
+
+## Available options
+* `-output some_directory` - Output path (default ".")
+
+## Acknowledgments
+This software uses the gofeed parser which can be found here: https://github.com/mmcdole/gofeed