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Create PNG of yesterday's NYTimes homepage
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nyt_homepage_.yesterday.sh
# The -1d in the date command means yesterday, so, e.g., -2d would be two days ago
# Change the output file extension if you want another image type
# "-resize 1440x" resizes to 1440px wide while preserving aspect ratio
curl "https://static01.nyt.com/images/$(date -v -1d +"%Y/%m/%d")/nytfrontpage/scan.pdf" | convert -density 600x600 -antialias - -resize 1440x -quality 100 "output_file_name.png" nyt_homepage_yesterday.png
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