===================== File: lookup Author: dlbrown@iglobal.net, Dave B. Release: 1.1 (2/11/98) Compatibility: PR, PR2 tested. Location: http://www.iglobal.net/pub/beos/lookup.zip Description: shell script to use the optional items for fun and occasional usefulness Notes: quoted from the actual script: /* v1.1 Drop me in file:/boot/home/config/bin/ to use! Enjoy! The script lookup is a shell script that should work for any bash shell, although I wrote it specifically for the BeOS, because it's cool.*/ /* NOTICE ME Be sure to have the optional/goodies folder on your boot drive. */ /* Installation: */ /* Drag it to file:/boot/home/config/bin/. Open a Terminal. */ /* Use: */ /* Type: "lookup blah" and you will get a huge list with categories of replies. Try it, it's fun! It currently searches for the following: Area Codes by place or number, Country codes, for that foreign email buddy, Dictionary and Thesaurus entries, and Zip Codes by place or number */ /* Advanced Use: */ /* You can add arguments to limit the scope of the search, -area searches area codes only, -cc searches country codes only, -word searches the dictionary and thesaurus only, -zip searches... guess. */ /* Download: */ /* So, enjoy, if you cant get it from beware, you can get it at http://www.iglobal.net/pub/beos/index.html */ for argument in $@; do case $1 in -area ) shift echo "Area Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/areacode break ;; -cc ) if [ -e "/boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt.gz" ]; then gunzip /boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt.gz fi shift echo "Country Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt break ;; -zip ) shift echo "Zip Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/zipcode.txt break ;; -word ) shift echo "Dictionary entries:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/dictionary echo "Thesaurus entries:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/thesaurus break ;; * ) if [ -e "/boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt.gz" ]; then gunzip /boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt.gz fi echo "Dictionary entries:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/dictionary echo "Thesaurus entries:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/thesaurus echo "Zip Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/zipcode.txt echo "Country Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/country_codes.txt echo "Area Codes:" grep -i $1 /boot/optional/goodies/areacode ;; esac done