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<tswett_> le//rn tree//You should sometimes (but not always) ignore trees.
author HackBot
date Mon, 19 Dec 2016 02:01:21 +0000
parents e037173e0012
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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'