#!/usr/bin/perl # Filename: define # Author: David Ljung # Description: Looks up a word on the web use strict; ################################################## # Setup the variables ################################################## ($MAIN::PROGNAME = $0) =~ s|.*/||; #my $WEBSTER='http://smac.ucsd.edu/cgi-bin/http_webster?method=exact&isindex=%s'; my $DICTIONARY='http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/%s'; my $BROWSER = "browser"; # Or netscape or whatever.. # Pick one #my $GET = "lynx -source"; my $GET = "GET"; ################################################## # Usage ################################################## sub usage { my $msg; foreach $msg (@_) { print "ERROR: $msg\n"; } print "\n"; print "Usage:\t$MAIN::PROGNAME [-d] [-n] \n"; print "\tLooks up a word's definition\n"; print "\t-b\tStartup browser\n"; print "\t-d\tDebug mode\n"; print "\n"; exit -1; } sub parse_args { my $word; my ($browser,$debug) = (0,0); while ($#ARGV>=0) { $a=shift(@ARGV); if ($a =~ /^-h$/) { usage(); } if ($a =~ /^-d$/) { $debug=1; next; } if ($a =~ /^-b$/) { $browser=1; next; } if ($a =~ /^-/) { &usage("Unknown option: $a"); } usage("You can only specify one word [$word] vs [$a]") if (defined($word)); $word=$a; } usage("You need to specify a word to lookup") if (!defined($word)); ($word,$browser,$debug); } ################################################## # Define ################################################## sub define { my ($word,$browser,$debug) = @_; my $query=$DICTIONARY; $query =~ s/%s/$word/g; if ($browser) { $query=~s/&/\\&/g; print "$BROWSER $query\n" if ($debug); system("$BROWSER $query"); exit; } open(HTML,"$GET '$query' |") || die("Couldn't $GET $query\n"); my ($go,$blank)=(0,0); while() { $go=1 if /]+class="def-pbk"/; $go=0 if /<\/section>/; # Un-HTML s#]*)>##ig; s/\s?&\s?/&/; s/\s?<\s?//; print if ($debug); #$go=1 if (/Hypertext Webster Gateway:/); #$go=0 if (/Additional Hypertext Webster/); next if (!$go); if (/^\s*$/) { print unless $blank++; next; } $blank=0; print "\n" if /^From /; print; } close(HTML); } ################################################## # Main code ################################################## sub main { define(parse_args()); } main();