El código actualizado de la respuesta de David Perace, agrega algunos colores y nuevas líneas:
#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import sys
import re
from DictionaryServices import *
class bcolors:
HEADER = '3[95m'
OKBLUE = '3[94m'
OKGREEN = '3[92m'
WARNING = '3[93m'
FAIL = '3[91m'
ENDC = '3[0m'
BOLD = '3[1m'
UNDERLINE = '3[4m'
def main():
try:
searchword = sys.argv[1].decode('utf-8')
except IndexError:
errmsg = 'You did not enter any terms to look up in the Dictionary.'
print errmsg
sys.exit()
wordrange = (0, len(searchword))
dictresult = DCSCopyTextDefinition(None, searchword, wordrange)
if not dictresult:
errmsg = "'%s' not found in Dictionary." % (searchword)
print errmsg.encode('utf-8')
else:
result = dictresult.encode('utf-8')
result = re.sub(r'\|(.+?)\|', bcolors.HEADER + r'//' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'▶', '\n\n ' + bcolors.FAIL + '▶ ' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'• ', '\n ' + bcolors.OKGREEN + '• ' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
result = re.sub(r'(‘|“)(.+?)(’|”)', bcolors.WARNING + r'“”' + bcolors.ENDC, result)
print result
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()