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+# download files to /tmp directory
+function wdownload {
+  URL="$1"
+  FILENAME="$(basename $URL)"
+
+  wget -O /tmp/"$FILENAME" $URL >/dev/null && open /tmp && echo "Downloaded to: /tmp/$FILENAME" || echo "Error ..."
+}
+
+# spell checker
+function wspcheck {
+  if [ $# -ge 1 -a -f "$1" ] && input="$1" || input="-"
+  cat "$input" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cd '[:alpha:]_ \n' | tr -s ' ' '\n' | sort | comm -23 - ~/english_words.txt
+}