loop to upload flat text files to wtf

to_wtf.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for i in *.yml; do
    WORD=$(head -n 1 "$i")
    ENCODED_WORD=$(echo -ne "$WORD" | xxd -plain | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\(..\)/%\1/g')
    DEF=$(tail -n+2 "$i" | awk '{printf "%s\\n", $0}')
    echo "Posting $WORD..."
    curl -s -X POST \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"def" : "'"$DEF"'"}' \
    "http://wtf.eng.<COMPANY>.com/api/def/add/?word=$ENCODED_WORD&def="
done