xkcd.sh

#!/bin/sh

# requires imgcat (https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/blob/master/tests/imgcat)

xkcd_issue=$1
TMP_FILE=$(mktemp /tmp/xkcd-$xkcd_issue.json.XXXXXXXX)
curl -s http://xkcd.com/$xkcd_issue/info.0.json > $TMP_FILE
imgurl=$(jq '.img' $TMP_FILE | tr -d \")
imgtitle=$(jq '.title' $TMP_FILE | tr -d \")
imgalt=$(jq '.alt' $TMP_FILE | tr -d \")
imgnum=$(jq '.num' $TMP_FILE | tr -d \")

curl -s $imgurl -o /tmp/$xkcd_issue.png

echo "#$imgnum: $imgtitle"
imgcat /tmp/$xkcd_issue.png
echo $imgalt
echo

rm /tmp/$xkcd_issue.png
rm $TMP_FILE