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<fizzie> ` echo -e \'#! /bin/bash\\ncmd="$1"\\nshift\\nf="$*"\\nif [ -z "$f" && "$f" == *\\\\ * ]; then f="${cmd#* }"; cmd="${cmd%% *}"; fi\\nif [ -z "$f" ]; then echo try: \\\\`f command filename; else "$cmd" "$(< "$f")"; fi\' > bin/f
author HackBot
date Wed, 04 May 2016 21:35:48 +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'