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echo alias xkcd="gwenview `w3m -dump http://xkcd.com/|grep png | awk '{print $5}'` 2> /dev/null" >> .bashrc
2010-01-30 20:38:16
User: GinoMan2440
Functions: alias echo
Tags: bash curl function xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.

Add an alias to your .bashrc that allows you to issue the command xkcd to view (with gwenview) the newest xkcd comic... I know there are thousands of them out there but this one is at least replete with installer and also uses a more concise syntax... plus, gwenview shows you the downloading progress as it downloads the comic and gives you a more full featured viewing experience.

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feh `lynx --dump http://xkcd.com/| grep png`
2010-01-30 12:47:26
User: bubo
Functions: grep
Tags: bash curl function xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.
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wget -q http://dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random/ -O-| sed -n '/<img src="http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics/{s/.*\(http:.*\)" t.*/\1/;p}' | awk '{system ("wget -q " $1 " -O- | display -title $(basename " $1") -write /tmp/$(basename " $1")");}'
2009-12-09 13:41:25
User: laugg
Functions: awk sed wget
Tags: sed awk wget comic
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View a random xkcd comic

Only need to install Image Magick package.

Display a xkcd comic with its title and save it in /tmp directory

If you prefer to view the newest xkcd, use this command:

wget -q http://xkcd.com/ -O-| sed -n '/<img src="http:\/\/imgs.xkcd.com\/comics/{s/.*\(http:.*\)" t.*/\1/;p}' | awk '{system ("wget -q " $1 " -O- | display -title $(basename " $1") -write /tmp/$(basename " $1")");}'
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for /L %%x in (1,1,16) do mkdir %%x & curl -R -e http://www.kirtu.com -o %%x/#1.jpg http://www.kirtu.com/toon/content/sb%x/english/sb%x_en_[001-070].jpg
2009-12-08 15:01:16
User: MyTechieself
Functions: mkdir
Tags: windows curl dos comic winxp savitabhabhi
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Use curl on Windows to bulk-download the Savitabhabhi Comic Strip (for Adults)

Bulk downloads the comic strip JPG files for the adult cartoon Savitabhabhi, storing each set in it's own folder. Requires manual removal of "non-image" files that maybe created because each series may differ in length. The command can be easily adapted for UNIX flavours. You need to have cURL in your path.

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display http://dilbert.com$(curl -s dilbert.com|grep -Po '"\K/dyn/str_strip(/0+){4}/.*strip.[^\.]*\.gif')
2009-12-05 19:35:27
User: wizel
Functions: grep
Tags: curl display comic
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Display Dilbert strip of the day

Requires display.

Corrected version thanks to sputnick and eightmillion user.

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wget `lynx --dump http://xkcd.com/|grep png`
2009-12-03 23:10:22
User: metalx1000
Functions: grep wget
Tags: bash wget lynx curl function xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.
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curl -s 'xkcd.com' | awk -F\" '/^<img/{printf("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<xkcd>\n<item>\n <title>%s</title>\n <comment>%s</comment>\n <image>%s</image>\n</item>\n</xkcd>\n", $6, $4, $2)}'
2009-12-03 19:49:37
User: putnamhill
Functions: awk
Tags: awk curl xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.

I wasn't sure how to display the image, so I thought I'd try xml for a different twist.

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lynx --dump --source http://www.xkcd.com | grep `lynx --dump http://www.xkcd.com | egrep '(png|jpg)'` | grep title | cut -d = -f2,3 | cut -d '"' -f2,4 | sed -e 's/"/|/g' | awk -F"|" ' { system("display " $1);system("echo "$2); } '
2009-12-03 18:53:57
User: solarislackware
Functions: awk cut egrep grep
Tags: bash curl function xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.

Same thing just a different way to get there. You will need lynx

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xkcd(){ wget -qO- http://xkcd.com/|tee >(feh $(grep -Po '(?<=")http://imgs[^/]+/comics/[^"]+\.\w{3}'))|grep -Po '(?<=(\w{3})" title=").*(?=" alt)';}
2009-11-27 09:11:47
User: eightmillion
Functions: grep tee wget
Tags: bash curl function xkcd comic webcomic
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View the newest xkcd comic.

This function displays the latest comic from xkcd.com. One of the best things about xkcd is the title text when you hover over the comic, so this function also displays that after you close the comic.

To get a random xkcd comic, I also use the following:

xkcdrandom(){ wget -qO- dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random|tee >(feh $(grep -Po '(?<=")http://imgs[^/]+/comics/[^"]+\.\w{3}'))|grep -Po '(?<=(\w{3})" title=").*(?=" alt)';}
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