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for x in `jot - 0 2400 25`; do curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes/plaintext/$x" ; done > commandlinefu.txt
I tried out on my Mac, jot to generate sequence ( 0,25,50,..), you can use 'seq' if it is linux to generate numbers, need curl installed on the machine, then it rocks. @Satya
Sample Output 
$ for x in `jot - 0 2400 25`; do curl "http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes/plaintext/$x"  ; done > commandlinefu.txt
# commandlinefu.com by David Winterbottom

# Serve current directory tree at http://$HOSTNAME:8000/
python -m SimpleHTTPServer

# change to the previous working directory
cd -

# Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions
:w !sudo tee %

# Runs previous command but replacing
^foo^bar
.
.
.

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By: satyavvd
2009-07-23 12:04:02
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What Others Think

instead of jot, u can use seq
linuxswords · 859 weeks and 4 days ago
Nice work , most of have would not have read the site API ;)
hemanth · 859 weeks and 3 days ago
Nice work , most of them would not have read the site API ;)
hemanth · 859 weeks and 3 days ago
How does it work with "seq"? I don't have jot installed.
Neo23x0 · 859 weeks and 2 days ago
And now we all hammer the tar out of the API. :)
jbroome · 858 weeks and 1 day ago
It's really inconsiderate to hammer a site as quickly as you can; please don't do that. I suggest inserting "sleep 15; "
ger · 858 weeks ago
You can also use c-style for loops in bash: for (( x=0; x<=2400; x+=25 )); do sleep 15; curl ...
dennisw · 853 weeks and 5 days ago
Jeepers - I might have to put some capping on the API requests. Yes, a few selected "sleep" commands would be appreciated.
root · 853 weeks ago

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