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Created August 30, 2013 08:13
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command line explain for http://explainshell.com
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explain.sh
#!/bin/bash
cmd="$(cut -d ' ' -f 1 <<< "$@" )";
args="$(cut -d ' ' -f 2- <<< "$@" )";
url="http://explainshell.com/explain/$cmd?args=$args"
explanation="$(curl -s $url | grep '<pre' | sed -E 's/<\/?[a-z]+(\ [a-z]+=\"[a-z0-9]+\")*>//g' | sed -E 's/^\ +//g')"
echo "$explanation"
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