#!/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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