DICT(1) DICT(1) (NAME) dict - DICT (SYNOPSIS) dict word dict [options] [word] dict [options] dict://host:port/d:word:database dict [options] dict://host:port/m:word:database:strategy (DESCRIPTION) dict (DICT) / TCP . 0 . (EXIT STATUS) . (OPTIONS) -h server --host server DICT . / . dict . IP IP ( dict.org ) IP . -p service --port service ( 2628) ( dict) . 2628 RFC DICT . / . -d dbname --database dbname . ("*" DICT). "!" DICT . -m --match . -s strategy --strategy strategy . . "exact" ("." DICT). . -S --strats . -C --nocorrect . . -c file --config file . ~/.dictrc /etc/dict/dict.conf . . -D --dbs . -S --strats . -H --serverhelp . -i dbname --info dbname ( ). -I --serverinfo . -M --mime OPTION MIME . : . -f --formatted UNIX. XML ;-) " No matches...", " Invalid strategy..." stdout stderr . : -I, -i, -H : hostport line1 line2 ... -S: hostportstrategy1short description1 hostportstrategy2short description2 ... -D: hostportdatabase1database description1 hostportdatabase2database description2 ... -m: hostportdatabase1match1 hostportdatabase2match2 ... -a --noauth ( AUTH ). -u user --user user . -k key --key key (shared secret) . -V --version . -L --license . -4 dict IPv4 . -6 dict IPv6 . --help . -v --verbose . -r --raw : /. --pipesize . 256 MTU . MTU . (serialized) . 0 . --client text CLIENT . --debug flag . : verbose -v --verbose. raw -r --raw. scan (scanner) . parse (parser) . pipe TCP ( RFC DICT RFC1854 ). serial . time . (CONFIGURATION) . : server dict.org : server dict.org { port 8080 } server dict.org { user username secret } server dict.org { port dict user username secret } port user . port ( 2628) ( dict) TCP/IP . user . . (EXIT STATUS) 0 20 21 22 23 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 (CREDITS) dict Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) (GPL) . . (zlib regex libmaa) GPL -- . (BUGS) dict: . . dict: n- . RFC . dict: . OPTION MIME ( -M) . (FILES) ~/.dictrc dict /etc/dict/dict.conf dict (SEE ALSO) dictd(8), dictzip(1), http://www.dict.org, RFC 2229 15 February 1998 DICT(1)