tldr/pages/common/dict.md

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