#!/bin/bash

# 20090915

die () {
	echo -e "$@"
	exit 1
}

[[ $# -ne 1 ]] && die "usage: $0 [ACRONYM]"

echo -n "Searching..."

defs=$( wget --user-agent="" -qO- "http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/$1" ) || die " failed to download definitions!"
defs=$( echo "$defs" | \
	grep -o "<table id=AcrFinder.*</table>" | \
	sed -r \
	-e "s:<table id=AcrFinder class=AcrFinder cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><th>Acronym</th><th>Definition</th></tr><tr cat=[0-9]+><td class=acr>$1</td><td>::gi" \
	-e "s:</td></tr><tr cat=[0-9]+><td class=acr>$1</td><td>:§:gi" \
	-e "s:</td></tr></table>::g" -e "s:<span class=illustration>::g" -e "s:</span>::g" )

if [[ -z "$defs" ]]; then
	die " nothing found!"
else
	echo " results:"

	IFS="§"
	for def in $defs; do
		echo "$def"
	done
fi

exit 0