#!/bin/sh count=0 in=$1 if ! [ $in ] then read -r in fi curl -s -o - "dict://dict.org/d:$in:" | dos2unix | while read -r line do count=$(( count+1 )) if [ $count -lt 4 ] then continue fi case "$line" in "250 ok"*) exit ;; "151 "*) line="${line##151 }" ;; .*) continue ;; esac printf '%s\n' "$line" done