suckless_dictpopup/dictpopup

#!/bin/sh

# Looks up argument instead, if provided
word=${1:-$(xclip -o)}
[ -z "$word" ] && exit 1

dict_lookup=$(sdcv -n --utf8-output -e "$word")
if echo "$dict_lookup" | grep -F -q "Nothing similar to"; then
  popup "$dict_lookup"
else
  output=$(echo "$dict_lookup" | tail -n +5 | sed 's|<br>|\n|g' | sed 's|<[^>]*>||g')
  output=$(echo "$output" | sed -E 's/&(amp|lt|gt|quot);/\1/g')
  output=$(echo "$output" | perl -pe 's/<[^>]*>//g')
  printf '%s\0' "$output" | xargs -0 -I {} sh -c 'popup "$@"' _ {}
fi