| #!/bin/bash | |
| #Filename: define.sh | |
| #Desc: A script to fetch definitions from dictionaryapi.com | |
| apikey=YOUR_API_KEY | |
| if [ $# -ne 2 ]; | |
| then | |
| echo -e "Usage: WORD DEFINITION_COUNT" | |
| exit -1; | |
| fi | |
| curl --silent http://www.dictionaryapi.com/api/v1/references/learners/xml/$1?key=$apikey | \ | |
| grep -o \<dt\>.*\</dt\> | \ | |
| sed 's$</*[a-z]*>$$g' | \ | |
| head -n $2 | nl |
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