File: ndict.sh
   1 #!/bin/sh
   2 
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  24 
  25 
  26 # ndict [options...] [words...]
  27 #
  28 # Nice DICTionary lookups words locally using the `dict` tool.
  29 #
  30 # The options are, available both in single and double-dash versions
  31 #
  32 #   -h, -help    show this help message
  33 
  34 
  35 case "$1" in
  36     -h|--h|-help|--help)
  37         awk '/^# +ndict /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0"
  38         exit 0
  39     ;;
  40 
  41     --) shift ;;
  42 
  43     -*)
  44         printf "unsupported option '%s'\n" "$1" >&2
  45         exit 1
  46     ;;
  47 esac
  48 
  49 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  50     awk '/^# +ndict /, /^$/ { gsub(/^# ?/, ""); print }' "$0" >&2
  51     exit 1
  52 fi
  53 
  54 gap=0
  55 options='-MKiCRS'
  56 if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
  57     options="${options} --header=1"
  58 fi
  59 
  60 for word in "$@"; do
  61     [ "${gap}" -gt 0 ] && printf "\n"
  62     gap=1
  63     printf "\033[7m%-80s\033[0m\n" "${word}"
  64     dict "${word}" 2> /dev/null
  65 done | { less ${options} 2> /dev/null || less -RIMS 2> /dev/null || cat; }