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ZSH Script to scrape all the map tiles from http://xkcd.com/1110/
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scrape_xkcd_map.sh
#! /usr/bin/env zsh
# after writing, found this link on Hacker News:
# DON'T RUN THIS, GO HERE INSTEAD: http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/
for NS in n s; do
for i in {1..25}; do
for WE in w e; do
for j in {1..25}; do
wget http://imgs.xkcd.com/clickdrag/$i$NS$j$WE.png
done
done
done
done
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