<oerjan> learn print_args_or_input Is a utility command that makes it easy to create a shell script that can be used either as a pipe or directly as a HackEgo command. Use as print_args_or_input "$@" | yourShellCode . See also shebang_args_or_input.

#!/usr/bin/perl
sub k{my$t;$t=~y/IVXLC/XLCDM/,$t.=("",I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX)[$_]for/./g;$r{$t}=$_;$t}k for s""\$"..4e3;print $r{(shift=~/(\w+)/)[0]},$/