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Query Wikipedia via console over DNS

Query Wikipedia by issuing a DNS query for a TXT record. The TXT record will also include a short URL to the complete corresponding Wikipedia entry.You can also write a little shell script like: $ cat wikisole.sh #!/bin/sh dig +short txt ${1}.wp.dg.cx and run it like ./wikisole.sh unix were your first option ($1) will be used as search term. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ dig +short txt unix.wp.dg.cx
"Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe O" "ssanna. Today's Unix systems are split into various branches, developed over time by AT&T as well as various commercial... http://a.vu/w:Unix"
```
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dig +short txt <keyword>.wp.dg.cx

drizzt · 2009-07-31 16:08:59 34
Query Wikipedia via console over DNS

Shorter version, works with multiple words. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ mwiki Richard Stallman
"Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated \"rms\", is an American software freedom activist, hacker, and software developer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman"
```
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mwiki() { dig +short txt "$*".wp.dg.cx; }

dorin · 2010-03-27 17:54:36 0
Query Wikipedia via console over DNS
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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mwiki () { blah=`echo $@ | sed -e 's/ /_/g'`; dig +short txt $blah.wp.dg.cx; }

oshazard · 2010-01-16 07:13:43 0
Query Wikipedia via console over DNS
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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nslookup -q=txt <topic>.wp.dg.cx

bandie91 · 2010-05-02 21:37:51 0
Query Wikipedia via console over DNS
This is sample output - yours may be different.
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mwiki () { dig +short txt `echo $*|sed 's| *|_|g'`.wp.dg.cx; }

vjt · 2011-01-31 16:50:44 0
Query Wikipedia via console over DNS

This removes the enclosing quotation marks ("), and sticthes the different packets together, e.g. ' Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
$ wki a
The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is a ; the plural is aes or, more commonly, a's. The letter A can be traced to a pictogram of an ox head in Egyptian hieroglyphs or the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A
```
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wki () { dig +short txt "${*// /_}".wp.dg.cx | sed -e 's/^"$.*$"$/\1/' -e 's/$[^\]$"[^\]*"/\1/g' -e 's/\\$.$/\1/g' }

kovirobi · 2012-05-30 11:36:25 0

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sort ugly text

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list block devices

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Create and access directory at the same time

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