display newest unread article title if one is found

.config/newsboat/config

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ reload-threads 100
 
 external-url-viewer "newsboat_urlscan {}"
 
-notify-program "/usr/bin/notify-send"
+notify-program "/home/alex/.local/bin/newsboatnotifs"
 notify-format "%d new articles (%n unread articles, %f unread feeds)"
 
 bind-key j down

.local/bin/newsboatnotifs

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+CACHE="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/cache.db"
+unread="$(sqlite3 "$CACHE" "SELECT unread,pubDate,title FROM rss_item;" |
+	grep -vE '^0' | sort -t'|' -k2 -g | head -n1 |
+	sed 's/[0-9]*|[0-9]*|//')"
+
+notify-send "newsboat" "$(printf 'new article:\n %s' "$unread")"