Search commandlinefu.com from the command line using the API

cmdfu(){ curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n $@ | openssl base64)/plaintext" --silent | sed "s/$^#.*$/\x1b[32m\1\x1b[0m/g" | less -R }

just like the original - just colored and with less

By: hoodie

2011-11-08 12:21:06

less sed search, commandlinefu api

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Search commandlinefu.com from the command line using the API

Usage: cmdfu hello world Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
# commandlinefu.com by David Winterbottom

# bash or tcsh redirect both to stdout and to a file
echo "Hello World." | tee -a hello.txt
```
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cmdfu(){ curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n $@ | openssl base64)/plaintext"; }

knoopx · 2009-08-19 02:18:24 73
Search commandlinefu.com from the command line using the API

for me the above command didn't work for more than one argument but this one does
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext"

potatoface · 2010-08-23 20:25:13 6
Search commandlinefu.com from the command line using the API

Search for one/many words on commandlinefu, results in vim for easy copy, manipulation. The -R flag is for readonly mode...you can still write to a file, but vim won't prompt for save on quit. What I'd really like is a way to do this from within vim in a new tab. Something like :Tex path/to/file but :cmdfu search terms
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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cmdfu(){ curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$(echo "$@" | sed 's/ /-/g')/$(echo -n $@ | base64)/plaintext" --silent | vim -R - }

MeanderingCode · 2012-02-10 16:26:47 55

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AskApache · 634 weeks and 4 days ago

I had to add a semi-colon before that last closing brace for this to work. ie: 4 cmdfu(){ curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/matching/$@/$(echo -n $@ | openssl base64)/plaintext" --silent | sed "s/$^#.*$/\x1b[32m\1\x1b[0m/g" | less -R; }

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