title: Using google as a dictionary lookup via bash, How can one grab the first definition?
body: <pre><code>#!/bin/bash
  # Command line look up using Google's define feature - command line dictionary
  
  echo "Type in your word:"
  read word
  
  /usr/bin/curl -s -A 'Mozilla/4.0'  'http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+'$word \
  | html2text -ascii -nobs -style compact -width 500 | grep "*"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Dumps a whole series of definitions from google.com an example is below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Type in your word:
  world
      * universe: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
      * people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world"
      * all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thing is, I don't want all the definitions, just the first one:</p>
  
  <pre><code>universe: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can a grab that sentence out from the output? Its between two *, could that be used?</p>