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+#! /usr/bin/perl
+
+# before you start: download dictionary file from dict.cc an rename it as wb.txt
+# put it in the same directory as this script.
+# ensure that it's encoding is the same as your systems!
+
+# by matthias.bloch at puffin dot ch
+
+# because the code is in German I wrote some comments in English :-)
+
+open (LISTE, "dict.txt") or die "can't load dictionary: $!";
+@woerterbuch= <LISTE>;
+close LISTE;
+
+# replace all ß by ss. German users may want to comment this line out. :-)
+#$_ =~ s/ß/ss/ foreach (@woerterbuch);
+
+$hits_per_page = 15;
+$pad="true";
+
+while (1){
+	if (length($next_input)==0 || $next_input =~ /^n$/i) {
+		%treffer = undef;
+		$laengstes = 0;
+		print "\n\nWelches Wort suchen? ";	# Search which word?
+		$input = <STDIN>;
+	} else {
+		$input = $next_input;
+	}
+	undef $next_input;
+	chomp ($input);
+	if(length($input) == 0) {
+		exit;
+	}
+	
+	print "*"x(21+length($input));
+	print "\n\n";
+	
+	foreach $e (@woerterbuch) {
+		if ($e =~ /$input/i) {
+			($englisch, $deutsch) = split (/::/, $e);	# the dictionary is in the form: english_word::german_word
+			s/\s$//g foreach ($englisch, $deutsch);   # remove space
+			$deutsch =~ s/^\s//g;
+			chomp $deutsch;
+			$treffer{$englisch}.=", " if (exists $treffer{$englisch});
+			$treffer{$englisch}.=$deutsch;
+			
+			$laengstes = length ($englisch) if ($laengstes < length ($englisch));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	$treffer_anzahl = 0;
+	SUCHE:{
+		foreach $match ("^$input\$", "^$input\\S", "^$input\\s", ".+\\s$input", "\\S$input"
+		) {
+			# first it looks for a perfect match, then for a match at the beginning, then a match anywere
+			foreach (sort keys %treffer){
+				if ($_ =~  /$match/i or $treffer{$_} =~ /$match/i){
+					$treffer_anzahl ++;
+					if ($treffer_anzahl > $hits_per_page) {
+						print "weitere Treffer anzeigen? (J / n)"; # ask whether to continue printing after a few matches
+						$next_input = <STDIN>;
+						chomp ($next_input);
+						last SUCHE if ($next_input !~ /^[yj]?$/i);
+						$treffer_anzahl = 0;
+					}
+					treffer_drucken($_)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+}
+
+# print the findings
+sub treffer_drucken {
+	($erste_spalte = $_) =~ s/($input)/\e[4m$1\e[0m/gi;
+	print $erste_spalte, "\n";
+}