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Dictionary that uses the DICT protocol.

Options (4)

-D, --dbsboolean

List available databases

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

-i, --infoboolean

Get information about a database

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

-d, --databaseboolean

Look up a word in a specific database

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

-I, --serverinfoboolean

Show information about the DICT server

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

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]