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explain-shell.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
# Here strings are noted to be faster for a small amount of
# data as compared to pipes where the setup cost dominates.
# https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/219806/158139
response=$(w3m -dump "http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd="$(echo $@ | tr ' ' '+'}))
cat -s <(grep -v -e explainshell -e • -e □ -e "source manpages" <<< "$response")
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