how-to-pronounce

A linux shell script that can grab the pronunciation mp3 file of an input word.

Prerequisite

You have installed grep, curl, sed and head in your system.

Usage

Simply run the following command to see the result:

$ chmod +x lookup.sh # give it exec permission
$ ./lookup.sh good

You'll get an mp3 file whose name is good.mp3 in the current path and you can play it.

Add the script to your PATH

If you want to make this script a system command, you can add it to the PATH env.

You can do it like this on your computer:

Make a directory:

$ mkdir ~/bin

Copy the script to the directory:

$ cp lookup.sh ~/bin

Add the following line to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc(based on the shell you are using):

export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

Run the following command or restart your terminal:

$ source ~/.bashrc

If you are using zsh:

$ source ~/.zshrc

Now you can use this script globally:

$ lookup.sh test

Before you run the script globally, make sure you have given it exec permission with the command:

$ chmod +x lookup.sh

Custom the download path

If you want to download the mp3 files to a specific path, you can change the script:

...
wget -O /path/to/your/folder/$1.mp3 $url 2> /dev/null
...
echo /path/to/your/folder/$1.mp3

Don't forget to create the folder for saving downloaded files before you run the script.