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How to view wikipedia information using the terminal - Mark - 10-10-2010
How to view wikipedia information using the terminal
Here's an quick and easy way to find wikipedia information about certain keywords.
Simply open up your terminal and type the following:
Code:
nslookup -q=txt searchword.wp.dg.cxJust replace "searchword" with anything you want, eg. Google or spoon. If there's a Wikipedia entry for it, it'll be displayed. If not you'll get an error similar to below.
** server can't find mcompute.wp.dg.cx: NXDOMAIN
This should work from any operating system, but i've only tested it with Ubuntu.
RE: How to view wikipedia information using the terminal - Pack3t SynAck3r - 12-10-2010
I think you are starting to get it kid, keep it up.
:yep