sparql-select

#!/bin/sh
set -eu

if type "curl" > /dev/null; then
  # curl exists, so let's use it
  curl \
    --silent \
    --header 'Accept: text/tab-separated-values' \
    --data-urlencode "query@-" \
    --get "$1"
else
  # try wget
  CONTENT_FILE=$(mktemp)
  echo "query=" > $CONTENT_FILE
  # read piped data and append to file
  cat >> $CONTENT_FILE
  wget -q --header 'Accept: text/tab-separated-values' -O - --post-file "$CONTENT_FILE" "$1"
fi