#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Astro::SIMBAD::Client;
use File::Basename;
@ARGV or do {print <<eod; exit};
Query SIMBAD 4 for the objects on the command line. The format provided
by Astro::SIMBAD is cleared so you get the full effect.
usage: @{[basename $0]} object ...
eod
my $simbad = Astro::SIMBAD::Client->new (
type => 'txt',
format => {txt => ''},
parser => {txt => ''},
);
foreach my $obj (@ARGV) {
eval {
print $simbad->query (id => $obj), "\n";
1;
} or print ( $@ || 'An unknown error occurred' );
}
__END__
=head1 TITLE
query - Query SIMBAD, displaying text result.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
query Arcturus
query # Gets you brief help
=head1 OPTIONS
None.
=head1 DETAILS
This script takes as its arguments the names of objects to be looked up
in the SIMBAD database, and copies the obtained information to standard
output as returned from SIMBAD.
=head1 AUTHOR
Thomas R. Wyant, III F<wyant at cpan dot org>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2006, 2008, 2010-2012 by Thomas R. Wyant, III
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text
of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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