dict

Command line dictionary using the DICT protocol. More information: <https://github.com/cheusov/dictd>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dict.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install dict
Ubuntu
apt-get install dict
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S dict
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install dict
Fedora
dnf install dict
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dict
OS X
brew install dict
Raspbian
apt-get install dict
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/dict

Command line dictionary using the DICT protocol. More information: <https://github.com/cheusov/dictd>.

  • List available databases:
    dict -D
  • Get information about a database:
    dict -i database_name
  • Look up a word in a specific database:
    dict -d database_name word
  • Look up a word in all available databases:
    dict word
  • Show information about the DICT server:
    dict -I

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