Quickly query Wikipedia by using the Linux CLI

By | January 29, 2011

Stuck at a CLI prompt in Linux and not sure what Romania is? Use the following command:

dig +short txt Romania.wp.dg.cx

Subsitute Romania for any other keyword you might want to see a short description of in your command line.

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