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etc/dict.lua

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+-- dict.lua
+-- simple client for DICT protocol (see http://www.dict.org/)
+-- shows definitions for each word from stdin. uses only "wn" dictionary.
+-- if a word is "=", then the rest of the line is sent verbatim as a protocol
+-- command to the server.
+
+if verbose then verbose=write else verbose=function()end end
+
+verbose(">>> connecting to server\n")
+local s,e=connect("dict.org",2628)
+assert(s,e)
+verbose(">>> connected\n")
+
+while 1 do
+ local w=read"*w"
+ if w==nil then break end
+ if w=="=" then
+  w=read"*l"
+  verbose(">>>",w,"\n")
+  send(s,w,"\r\n")
+ else
+  verbose(">>> looking up `",w,"'\n")
+  send(s,"DEFINE wn ",w,"\r\n")
+ end
+ while 1 do
+  local l=receive(s)
+  if l==nil then break end
+  if strfind(l,"^[0-9]") then
+   write("<<< ",l,"\n")
+  else
+   write(l,"\n")
+  end
+  if strfind(l,"^250") or strfind(l,"^[45]") then break end
+ end
+end
+
+send(s,"QUIT\r\n")
+verbose("<<< ",receive(s),"\n")
+close(s)