| EDICT-GREP(1) | User Commands | EDICT-GREP(1) |
NAME¶
edict-grep - search EDICT files with specific queries
SYNOPSIS¶
edict-grep [options] <query>...
DESCRIPTION¶
The edict-grep command is used to search the EDICT file(s) for specific queries based on various options.
OPTIONS¶
- -c
- Match only common entries.
- -w
- Word match; each English query must match whole words only.
- -e
- Exact match; each query must match an entire EDICT field.
- -s
- Make English queries case-sensitive (default is insensitive).
- -f EDICT_FILE
- Path to EDICT file (default: /usr/share/edict/edict). This program assumes EDICT is in the original EUC-JP encoding.
- -c
- Current terminal character encoding (default: UTF-8).
- -h
- Show this message.
EXAMPLES¶
If you use multiple queries, it is like an AND search. For example:
$ edict-grep cold war
will match all entries mentioning both 'cold' and 'war'. To search for an exact
sentence, use shell escaping:
$ edict-grep 'cold war'
(and consider -e).
NOTES¶
Be sure to put the queries only AFTER all options!
AUTHOR¶
Written by Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@debian.org>
| August 2024 | Version 1.0 |