"dict" -- cool little snippet I saw on a GNOME list.

[Ken Ambrose]

Ever wanna know the definition of a word?

Too darn lazy to fire up the browser?

Then enjoy the below script, for all you command-line guys (and gal(s))...

#!/bin/csh -f

set word=$1

# lynx is a text-based browser
# available free on the web/net.
lynx -cfg=/dev/null -dump "http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=${word}"


Usage:

dict <word>
where <word> is whatever word you want.  Prolly wanna pipe the output to
less, or your favorite pager...

-Ken