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#!/usr/bin/python3.9
from sys import argv, stderr
from subprocess import run
from os import system
import readline
PROMPT = 'dict> '
def print_databases(file=stderr):
proc = run(('dict', '-D'), encoding='utf-8', capture_output=True)
print(proc.stdout, file=file, end='')
if len(argv) != 2:
print('usage: %s <database>' % argv[0], file=stderr)
print_databases()
exit(1)
db = argv[1]
proc = run(('dict', '-d', db, 'dummy'), capture_output=True)
if proc.returncode == 39:
print('ERROR: invalid database', file=stderr)
print_databases()
exit(1)
try:
while True:
word = input(PROMPT)
if word:
proc = run(('dict', '-f', '-d', db, word), encoding='utf-8', capture_output=True)
if proc.stdout:
lines = proc.stdout.splitlines()
lines = lines[2:]
print()
print('\n'.join(lines))
print()
else:
print('\nNo definitions found', end='\n\n')
except (EOFError, KeyboardInterrupt):
print()