File: def.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
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  24 
  25 
  26 # def [words...]
  27 #
  28 # DEFine/lookup words via the online english dictionary from https://dict.org
  29 
  30 
  31 # handle leading options
  32 case "$1" in
  33     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  34         awk '/^# +def /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  35         exit 0
  36     ;;
  37 esac
  38 
  39 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  40     awk '/^# +def /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  41     exit 0
  42 fi
  43 
  44 for word in "$@"; do
  45     # printf "\e[48;2;218;218;218m%-80s\e[0m\n" "${word}"
  46     printf "\e[7m%-80s\e[0m\n" "${word}"
  47 
  48     curl --show-error -s "dict://dict.org/d:${word}" 2>&1 | awk '
  49         # get rid of carriage-returns at the end of lines
  50         { gsub(/\r/, "") }
  51 
  52         # code 151 has the specific source for the match, so
  53         # use a unique style for that kind of metadata line
  54         /^151 / {
  55             printf("\x1b[38;2;52;101;164m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0); fflush()
  56             next
  57         }
  58 
  59         # make error-type metadata lines stand out
  60         /^[3-5][0-9]{2} [a-z]/ {
  61             nerr++
  62             printf("\x1b[38;2;175;0;0m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0); fflush()
  63             next
  64         }
  65 
  66         # gray out ok-type metadata lines
  67         /^[12][0-9]{2} / || /^\.$/ {
  68             printf("\x1b[38;2;128;128;128m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0); fflush()
  69             next
  70         }
  71 
  72         # keep all other lines unstyled
  73         { print; fflush() }
  74 
  75         # fail the script if any lookup failed
  76         END { if (nerr > 0) exit 1 }
  77     '
  78     printf "\n"
  79 done | less -JMKiCRS