Commands by onetom (1)

  • Currency converter using xe.com

    It runs on Mac OS X since it has curl installed by default. On Linux the easiest is to install curl, but wget -qU "Mozilla" "http..." will work too. It's important to specify the currencies in capital letters, or use sed -n "s/.*>\(.*\) `echo $3 | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'` sed -n "s/.*>\(.*\) $3 Show Sample Output


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    xe(){ curl "http://www.xe.com/wap/2co/convert.cgi?Amount=$1&From=$2&To=$3" -A "Mozilla" -s | sed -n "s/.*>\(.*\) $3<.*/\1/p";}
    onetom · 2011-02-12 12:08:14 9

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