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Many times I prefer to just work from the shell. I wrote some functions
for my .bashrc file that I thought I would share.

The .bashrc file is a great place to put functions if your using them
regularly. Alternatively, you could alias the programs but since they are
small, I don't mind putting them in the .bashrc file just to keep it
simple.

Here are a few of the functions I wrote.

weather ()
stock ()
translate ()
define ()

Probably these are self explanatory but just in case they are not......

weather
Weather by us zip code - Can be called two ways # weather 50315 # weather
"Des Moines"

[14:33:09 crouse]$ weather 50317
Weather for Pleasant Hill, IA 19F Light Snow Wind: N at 16 mph Humidity: 80%
[~]
[14:39:35 crouse]$ weather "Des Moines"
Weather for Des Moines, IA 19F Blowing Snow Wind: N at 21 mph Humidity: 74%
[~]
[14:40:03 crouse]$

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stock
Stock prices - can be called two ways. # stock novl (this shows stock
pricing) #stock "novell" (this way shows stock symbol for novell)

[14:39:25 crouse]$ stock "novell"
   NOVL   NOVELL INC NasdaqGS Security Software & Services
[~]
[14:39:32 crouse]$ stock novl
   NOVELL INC (NasdaqGS:NOVL)  - delayed quote.
Last Trade: 7.10 Change: 0.00 (0.00%) 52wk Range: 5.70 - 9.83
[~]
[14:39:35 crouse]$

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translate
Translate a Word - USAGE: translate house spanish # See dictionary.com
for available languages (there are many).

[~]
[14:40:03 crouse]$ translate house spanish
"house" in Spanish: casa
[~]
[14:40:52 crouse]$ translate house german
"house" in German: das Haus
[~]
[14:40:59 crouse]$ translate house french
"house" in French: maison
[~]
[14:41:06 crouse]$

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define
Define a word - USAGE: define dog

[~]
[14:41:06 crouse]$ define dog
* a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common
* frump: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman
* informal term for a man
[~]
[14:41:47 crouse]$ define canine
* of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
* one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located
* any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and
[~]
[14:41:54 crouse]$

coolfunctions.txt

# <--------- Cool Functions by Crouse-------->
# Cool Functions for your .bashrc file.

# Weather by us zip code - Can be called two ways # weather 50315 # weather "Des Moines"
weather ()
{
declare -a WEATHERARRAY
WEATHERARRAY=( `lynx -dump "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=weather+${1}&btnG=Search" | grep -A 5 -m 1 "Weather for"`)
echo ${WEATHERARRAY[@]}
}

# Stock prices - can be called two ways. # stock novl  (this shows stock pricing)  #stock "novell"  (this way shows stock symbol for novell)
stock ()
{
stockname=`lynx -dump http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=${1} | grep -i ":${1})" | sed -e 's/Delayed.*$//'`
stockadvise="${stockname} - delayed quote."
declare -a STOCKINFO
STOCKINFO=(` lynx -dump http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=${1} | egrep -i "Last Trade:|Change:|52wk Range:"`)
stockdata=`echo ${STOCKINFO[@]}`
	if [[ ${#stockname} != 0 ]] ;then
		echo "${stockadvise}"
		echo "${stockdata}"
			else
			stockname2=${1}
			lookupsymbol=`lynx -dump -nolist http://finance.yahoo.com/lookup?s="${1}" | grep -A 1 -m 1 "Portfolio" | grep -v "Portfolio" | sed 's/\(.*\)Add/\1 /'`
				if [[ ${#lookupsymbol} != 0 ]] ;then
				echo "${lookupsymbol}"
					else
					echo "Sorry $USER, I can not find ${1}."
				fi
	fi
}

#Translate a Word  - USAGE: translate house spanish  # See dictionary.com for available languages (there are many).
translate ()
{
TRANSLATED=`lynx -dump "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/${1}" | grep -i -m 1 -w "${2}:" | sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//'`
if [[ ${#TRANSLATED} != 0 ]] ;then
	echo "\"${1}\" in ${TRANSLATED}"
	else
	echo "Sorry, I can not translate \"${1}\" to ${2}"
fi
}

# Define a word - USAGE: define dog
define ()
{
lynx -dump "http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+${1}&btnG=Google+Search" | grep -m 3 -w "*"  | sed 's/;/ -/g' | cut -d- -f1 > /tmp/templookup.txt
			if [[ -s  /tmp/templookup.txt ]] ;then	
				until ! read response
					do
					echo "${response}"
					done < /tmp/templookup.txt
				else
					echo "Sorry $USER, I can't find the term \"${1} \""				
			fi	
rm -f /tmp/templookup.txt
}

Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.