url="http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query"
appid="YOUR APP ID"  # get one at https://developer.wolframalpha.com/portal/apisignup.html
query="$@"
value="$(perl -MURI::Escape -e 'print uri_escape($ARGV[0]);' "$query")"

echo "Computing: $query"

curl -s -L -G -d "input=$value&appid=$appid&format=plaintext" $url >/tmp/wolfram-alpha.xml

xsltproc ~/Scripts/wolf.xslt /tmp/wolfram-alpha.xml

rm /tmp/wolfram-alpha.xml