#!/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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