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#!/usr/local/bin/perl -s
$ENV{'PATH'} .= ":$ENV{'HOME'}/l/fun/bin:" .
                "$ENV{'HOME'}/l/fun/bin/$ENV{'ARCHIT'}:" .
                "/usr/local/games:/usr/games";
$ENV{'PATH'} .= ":/u/kinzler/l/fun/bin:/u/kinzler/l/fun/bin/sun4";

$dfltnum = 5;

# haiku - front-end for haiku spewer
# Development version 04: add number argument and usage message
# Steve Kinzler, kinzler@cs.indiana.edu, Jan 96

$usage = "usage: $0 [ number ]
The given number of haiku are generated, default $dfltnum.\n";
die $usage if $h || $ARGV[0] !~ /^\d*$/;

$num = $ARGV[0] || $dfltnum;

###############################################################################

open(HAIKU, "spew $num haikus |") || die "$0: cannot run spew ($!)";

while (<HAIKU>) {
        print;
}

close HAIKU;