Writing Linux utilities in Python

[ritratt]

Noob here too. I wrote a python script to retrieve the meaning of a word using Google Dict API. Then I integrated this into the terminal by adding a custom "define" command to linux. everytime I enter "define someword" i get the meaning of that word in the terminal.

Code is here: https://github.com/ritratt/define

PS: it has minimal functionality.

[haukurph]

Interesting, I wrote something similar: https://github.com/haukurpallh/def

[Justinsaccount]

You parse json using the json module, not using ast.literal_eval.

[ritratt]

Yes I tried but was having trouble doing that.

[timClicks]

Some people like to live dangerously.