#!/bin/sh if [ "$#" -eq 1 ] && (echo "$1" | grep -Eq '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+'); then curl -Gs http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/CTS \ -d request=GetPassage \ -d "urn=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002:$1" \ | xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'cts:GetPassage//tei:div' else echo you must supply BOOK.VERSE fi