--- a/mcbot/cmds/littre.lua	Sun Oct 23 13:55:54 2011 +0200
+++ b/mcbot/cmds/littre.lua	Sun Oct 23 14:10:39 2011 +0200
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 function littre.cmd (args)
     if not args then return nil, "Give me a word, please" end
     -- Be careful as we pass it as an argument to a shell command
-    local word = string.match(args, "^([%wàäâéèëêïîöôùüûç]+)[%s%?%.%!]*$")
+    local word = string.match(args, "^([%wàäâéèëêïîöôùüûç' -]+)[%s%?%.%!]*$")
     if not word then return nil, "Can you repeat please?" end
 
-    local cmd = "/usr/bin/sdcv "..word.." 2> /dev/null"
+    local cmd = '/usr/bin/sdcv --non-interactive -- "'..word..'" 2> /dev/null'
     local fh = io.popen(cmd)
     result = fh:read("*a")  -- read littre output
     fh:close()