#!/usr/bin/env perl # script that parses the following dictd output: # arg1=synonyms: moby-thesaurus # - one word per line # arg1=definitions: wn # - one definition per line separated by blank lines use warnings; use strict; my ($cmd, $word) = (shift, shift); my $qword = quotemeta($word); if ($cmd eq 'synonyms') { open(my $fh, '-|', "dict -d moby-thesaurus $qword 2>/dev/null"); my $first = 1; while (my $line = <$fh>) { chomp($line); if ($line =~ /^ /) { $line =~ s/^\s+//; $line =~ s/[\s,]*$//; my @words = split(/\s*,\s*/, $line); foreach my $word (@words) { if ($first) { $first = 0; } else { print "\n"; } print $word; } } } close($fh); } elsif ($cmd eq 'definitions') { open(my $fh, '-|', "dict -d wn $qword 2>/dev/null"); my $defsraw = ''; while (my $line = <$fh>) { if ($line =~ /^ {6}/) { $defsraw .= $line; } } close($fh); my @defs = split(/\n (?=[a-z]* ?\d+: )/, $defsraw); my $curtype; my $defmap = {}; my ($biggest, $count) = (0, 0); my @deftypes = (); foreach my $def (@defs) { my $line = $def; if ($line) { $line =~ s/(^\s+|\s+$)//g; $line =~ s/\s*\n\s*/ /g; if ($line =~ /^(([^0-9]+) )?(\d+): (.*?)( \[.*)?$/) { my ($type, $num, $desc, $meta) = ($2, $3, $4, $5); if ($type) { $curtype = $type; $defmap->{$curtype} = []; push @deftypes, $type; $count = 0; } next if !$curtype; push @{$defmap->{$curtype}}, { desc => $desc, meta => $meta}; $count++; if ($count > $biggest) { $biggest = $count; } } } } my $first = 1; for (my $i = 0; $i < $biggest; $i++) { foreach my $key (@deftypes) { if($defmap->{$key}->[$i]) { my $desc = $defmap->{$key}->[$i]->{desc}; if ($first) { $first = 0; } else { print "\n\n"; } print "$key: $desc"; } } } }