diff bin/etymology @ 0:e037173e0012

Initial import.
author HackBot
date Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:42:32 +0000
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+#!/bin/bash
+if [ ! "$1" ]
+then
+    echo 'Look up what?'
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+QUERY=`echo -n "$1" | od -t x1 -A n -w1000 | tr " " %`
+
+lynx --cfg=/dev/null --lss=/dev/null \
+    --dump --width=1000 'http://etymonline.com/?search='"$QUERY" |
+    grep -A 100 ']'"$1" |
+    sed 's/\[[0-9]*\]//g ; s/ Look up.*// ; s/  */ /g'
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