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Displays a random xkcd comic. Requires ImageMagick.
wget http://dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random/ -O -| grep <img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics | sed s/<img src="// | sed s/"[a-z]*.*// | wget -i - -O -| display
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this one works:
wget -q http://dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random/ -O - | grep -Eo http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/.*png | wget -q -i - -O - | display
wget -q http://dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random/ -O - | grep -Eo http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/.*png | wget -q -i - -O - | display
Posted 2009-09-14 11:36:43


wget -q http://dynamic.xkcd.com/comic/random/ -O -| grep "<img src=\"http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics" | sed s/\<img\ src=\"// | sed s/\"[a-z]*.*//| wget -q -i - -O -| display
tom