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+#!/bin/rc
+
+hget 'http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q='^$1 |
+ htmlfmt -l 1000 |
+ sed -n '/^Main Entry:/,/^Source/ {
+ /^Source/ q
+ /^[A-Z].*:/ {
+ N
+ s/\n/ /g
+ }
+ p
+ }' | awk -F', ' '{
+ if(length($0)<=70){
+ print
+ next
+ }
+ l = 0
+ for(i = 1; i < NF; i++){
+ printf "%s ", $i
+ l += length($i)+1
+ if(l > 70){
+ printf "\n\t\t"
+ l = 2*ENVIRON["tabstop"]
+ }
+ }
+ if(l>0)
+ printf "\n"
+ next
+ }'