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dict — Dictionary that uses the DICT protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/dict>.

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How to use the dict command: Dictionary that uses the DICT protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/dict>.

Solution

dict — Dictionary that uses the DICT protocol. More information: <https://manned.org/dict>.

List available databases:
dict {{[-D|--dbs]}}


Get information about a database:
dict {{[-i|--info]}} {{database_name}}


Look up a word in a specific database:
dict {{[-d|--database]}} {{database_name}} {{word}}


Look up a word in all available databases:
dict {{word}}


Show information about the DICT server:
dict {{[-I|--serverinfo]}}

Code Snippets

List available databases

dict {{[-D|--dbs]}}

Get information about a database

dict {{[-i|--info]}} {{database_name}}

Look up a word in a specific database

dict {{[-d|--database]}} {{database_name}} {{word}}

Look up a word in all available databases

dict {{word}}

Show information about the DICT server

dict {{[-I|--serverinfo]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dict

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