A command line dictionary.

I use sdcv (StarDict Console Version) as my regular dictionary.

Dictionaries can become large files and you might want to store them in your home directory. To do so, add the environment variable STARDICT_DATA_DIR to your .bashrc file:

export STARDICT_DATA_DIR="/home/rostiger/.dictionaries/"

Currently I mainly translate between english and german language, thus the following dictionaries are installed:

American_Heritage_Dictionary_4th_Ed-2.4.2
Cambridge_Advanced_Learners_Dictionary_3th_Ed-2.4.2
dictd_www.dict.org_gcide-2.4.2
duden-2.4.2
freedict-deu-eng-2.4.2
freedict-eng-deu-2.4.2
Oxford_Advanced_Learner_s_Dictionary-2.4.2
Soule_s_Dictionary_of_English_Synonyms-2.4.2
Urban_Dictionary_P1-2.4.2
Urban_Dictionary_P2-2.4.2

I added these aliases to my .bashrc_aliases:

alias dict='sdcv --color --use-dict=GermanEnglish --use-dict=EnglishGerman'
alias define='sdcv --color --use-dict=AmericanHeritageDictionary --use-dict=CambridgeDictionary'
alias definiere='sdcv --color --use-dict=Duden'
alias synonym='sdcv --color --use-dict=Synonyms'
alias urban='sdcv --color --use-dict=UrbanDictionaryP1 --use-dict=UrbanDictionaryP2'

For some dictionaries, their .ifo file needs to be edited as the bookname value must not contain any spaces.

Usage



	dict word
	translates a word from German to English or vice versa


	define word
	looks up a word in English dictionaries


	definiere word
	looks up a word in German dictionaries


	synonym word
	looks up a word in the english synonym dictionary


	urban word
	looks up a word in the Urban dictionary

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dict word	translates a word from German to English or vice versa
define word	looks up a word in English dictionaries
definiere word	looks up a word in German dictionaries
synonym word	looks up a word in the english synonym dictionary
urban word	looks up a word in the Urban dictionary