File: ndef.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
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  24 
  25 
  26 # ndef [words...]
  27 #
  28 # Nice DEFine lookups words via the online english dictionary from
  29 # https://dict.org, color-coding various metadata from the response.
  30 
  31 
  32 case "$1" in
  33     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  34         awk '/^# +ndef /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  35         exit 0
  36     ;;
  37 esac
  38 
  39 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  40     awk '/^# +ndef /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  41     exit 0
  42 fi
  43 
  44 gap=0
  45 options='-MKiCRS'
  46 if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
  47     options='--header=1 -MKiCRS'
  48 fi
  49 
  50 local_dict=0
  51 if command -v dict > /dev/null; then
  52     local_dict=1
  53 fi
  54 
  55 for word in "$@"; do
  56     [ "${gap}" -gt 0 ] && printf "\n"
  57     gap=1
  58 
  59     # printf "\e[48;2;218;218;218m%-80s\e[0m\n" "${word}"
  60     printf "\e[7m%-80s\e[0m\n" "${word}"
  61 
  62     if [ "${local_dict}" -eq 1 ]; then
  63         if ! dict "${word}" 2> /dev/null; then
  64             continue
  65         fi
  66     fi
  67 
  68     curl --show-error -s "dict://dict.org/d:${word}" 2>&1 | awk '
  69         # get rid of carriage-returns at the end of lines
  70         { gsub(/\r/, "") }
  71 
  72         # code 151 has the specific source for the match, so
  73         # use a unique style for that kind of metadata line
  74         /^151 / {
  75             printf("\x1b[38;2;52;101;164m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0)
  76             next
  77         }
  78 
  79         # make error-type metadata lines stand out
  80         /^[3-5][0-9]{2} [a-z]/ {
  81             nerr++
  82             printf("\x1b[38;2;175;0;0m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0)
  83             next
  84         }
  85 
  86         # gray out ok-type metadata lines
  87         /^[12][0-9]{2} / || /^\.$/ {
  88             printf("\x1b[38;2;128;128;128m%s\x1b[0m\n", $0)
  89             next
  90         }
  91 
  92         # keep all other lines unstyled
  93         1
  94 
  95         # fail the script if any lookup failed
  96         END { exit(nerr != 0) }
  97     '
  98 done | less ${options}