luasocket/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)