view bin/etymology @ 5926:6dd8dc594e3c

<dipperswett> echo -e \'\\x034,9S\\x039,4T\\x034,9O\\x039,4P\\x034,9 \\x039,4T\\x034,9H\\x039,4E\\x034,9 \\x039,4M\\x034,9A\\x039,4D\\x034,9N\\x039,4E\\x034,9S\\x039,4S\' > madness
author HackBot
date Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:42:48 +0000
parents e037173e0012
children
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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'