explain

explain.sh

explain () {
    if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
    then
        while read -p "Command: " cmd
        do
            curl -Gs "https://www.mankier.com/api/explain/?cols="$(tput cols) --data-urlencode "q=$cmd"
        done
        echo "Bye!"
    elif [ "$#" -eq 1 ]
    then
        curl -Gs "https://www.mankier.com/api/explain/?cols="$(tput cols) --data-urlencode "q=$1"
    else
        echo "Usage"
        echo "explain                  interactive mode."
        echo "explain 'cmd -o | ...'   one quoted command to explain it."
    fi
}