#!/bin/bash word=$( curl --silent https://www.lexico.com/ | hxnormalize -x | hxselect -i "a.linkword" | grep -o '>.*<' | sed 's/[><]//g') appId= key= language=en-gb lemmasUrl=https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com/api/v2/lemmas/$language/$word OPTS='--silent -L -H "app_id: $appId" -H "app_key: $key"' entriesUrl=https://od-api.oxforddictionaries.com/api/v2/entries/$language/$word # get definition of headword result=$(eval curl $OPTS $entriesUrl) ret=$? if [ "$ret" -ne 0 ] then echo "cURL error $ret when fetching." exit fi definition=$(echo $result | jq '.results[0].lexicalEntries[0].entries[].senses[0].definitions') echo $definition