#! /bin/sh db=$1; shift text="$1" get () { cdb -q $db "$1" || echo 0 } put () { (printf "+%d,%d:%s->%s\n" ${#1} ${#2} "$1" $2; cdb -d $db) | cdb -c -u $db } adj () { who=${text%%$1$1} if [ "$who" = "$sender" ]; then echo "Nice try, $sender." else put "$who" $(expr $(get "$who") $1 1) fi } case "$text" in whuffie\ *) who=${text##whuffie } amt=$(get "$who") echo "$who has $amt whuffie" ;; *++) adj + ;; *--) adj - ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac