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Re: GNU/Linux Dictionaries

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On Fri, 23 May 2025 16:39:39 -0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:

> 
> Web interface is not incompatible with done locally. You started this
> with dict/dictd, which is a internet service. Just because it is an
> internet service doesn't mean the client and the server can't be on the
> same machine. I run a local webserver for local files and use either
> Firefox or lynx to localhost to access them. But curl would also work.
> 

Yes, dictd is based on the client-server model but it is possible
to execute it locally on a one-shot basis.  I use the following script:

#! /bin/bash
printf "define * \"$1\"\n" $1 | dictd -i

Call the script "check-word" and it will start the daemon,
look up the definition using the dictionaries specified in
/etc/dictd.conf, print to stdout, and then terminate the daemon.





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