xplain.sh

#!/opt/homebrew/bin/python3

import sys
import urllib.parse
import subprocess

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print("Usage: python explainshell.py [shell command as string here]")
    sys.exit(1)

command = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
url = f"https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd={urllib.parse.quote(command)}"

subprocess.run(['open', url])