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		fbernier on Sept 5, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How not to check the validity of an email address `git commit -m "$(curl -s developerexcuses.com \| sed -n '/<a.>/{s/<[^>]>//g;p}')"`

brdrak on Sept 5, 2013 | [–]

Nice bit of sed. :-) Here's the best awk, I could muster:

  awk -F'>' -v RS='<' '/a href/{print$2}'

raldi on Sept 5, 2013 | [–]

There's also:

    lynx -dump -nolist developerexcuses.com

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