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<h1><a name="label-0" id="label-0">NAME</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "NAME" -->
<p>rdict - a DICT protocol client</p>
<h1><a name="label-1" id="label-1">SYNOPSIS</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "SYNOPSIS" -->
<pre>rdict [-h|--host server] [-p|--port service] [-d|--database dbname]
[-m|--match] [-s|--strategy strategy] [-C|--nocorrect]
[-D|--dbs] [-S|--strats] [-H|--serverhelp] [-i|--info dbname]
[-I|--serverinfo] [-T|--status] [-b|--debug] [-u|--user user]
[-k|--key key] [-v|--verbose] word1 [word2 ... wordn]
rdict [--help|-v|--version]</pre>
<h1><a name="label-2" id="label-2">DESCRIPTION</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "DESCRIPTION" -->
<p>rdict is an <a href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2229.txt">RFC 2229</a> compliant
Dictionary Server Protocol (DICT) client that provides access to dictionary
definitions from a set of natural language dictionary databases.</p>
<h1><a name="label-3" id="label-3">OPTIONS</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "OPTIONS" -->
<dl>
<dt><a name="label-4" id="label-4">-h <em>server</em> or --host <em>server</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-h server or ­­host server" -->
<dd>
Specifies the hostname for the DICT server. If no servers are specified,
the default behavior is to try dict.org, followed by alt0.dict.org.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-5" id="label-5">-p <em>port</em> or --port <em>port</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-p port or ­­port port" -->
<dd>
Specifies the port (e.g. 2628) or service (e.g. dict) for connections.
The default is 2628, as specified in the DICT Protocol RFC.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-6" id="label-6">-d <em>dbname</em> or --database <em>dbname</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-d dbname or ­­database dbname" -->
<dd>
Specifies a specific database to search. The default is to search all
databases (a '*' from the DICT protocol). Note that a '!' in the DICT
protocol means to search all of the databases until a match is found, and
then stop searching.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-7" id="label-7">-m or --match</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-m or ­­match" -->
<dd>
Instead of printing a definition, perform a match using the specified
strategy.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-8" id="label-8">-s <em>strategy</em> or --strategy <em>strategy</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-s strategy or ­­strategy strategy" -->
<dd>
Specify a matching strategy. By default, the server default match strategy
is used. This is usually 'exact' for definitions, and a server-defined
optimal spelling correction strategy for matches ('.' from the DICT
protocol). The available strategies are dependent on the server
implementation. For a list of available strategies, see the -S or --strats
option.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-9" id="label-9">-C or --nocorrect</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-C or ­­nocorrect" -->
<dd>
Usually, if a definition is requested and the word cannot be found, spelling
correction is requested from the server, and a list of possible words are
provided. This option disables the generation of this list.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-10" id="label-10">-D or --dbs</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-D or ­­dbs" -->
<dd>
Query the server and display a list of available databases.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-11" id="label-11">-S or --strats</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-S or ­­strats" -->
<dd>
Query the server and display a list of available search strategies.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-12" id="label-12">-H or --serverhelp</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-H or ­­serverhelp" -->
<dd>
Query the server and display the help information that it provides.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-13" id="label-13">-i <em>dbname</em> or --info <em>dbname</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-i dbname or ­­info dbname" -->
<dd>
Request information on the specified database (usually the server will
provide origination, descriptive or other information about the database or
its contents).
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-14" id="label-14">-I or --serverinfo</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-I or ­­serverinfo" -->
<dd>
Query the server and display information about the server.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-15" id="label-15">-T or --status</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-T or ­­status" -->
<dd>
Query the server for status information.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-16" id="label-16">-u <em>user</em> or --user <em>user</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-u user or ­­user user" -->
<dd>
Specifies the username for authentication.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-17" id="label-17">-k <em>key</em> or --key <em>key</em></a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-k key or ­­key key" -->
<dd>
Specifies the shared secret for authentication.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-18" id="label-18">-V or --version</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-V or ­­version" -->
<dd>
Display version information.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-19" id="label-19">--help</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "­­help" -->
<dd>
Display help information.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-20" id="label-20">-v or --verbose</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-v or ­­verbose" -->
<dd>
Be verbose.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-21" id="label-21">-b or --debug</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "-b or ­­debug" -->
<dd>
Display debugging information. This is long-winded, as the entire protocol
exchange will be dumped.
</dd>
</dl>
<h1><a name="label-22" id="label-22">EXAMPLES</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "EXAMPLES" -->
<dl>
<dt><a name="label-23" id="label-23">$ rdict -D</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -D" -->
<dd>
This will provide you with a list of databases you can query.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-24" id="label-24">$ rdict -S</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -S" -->
<dd>
This will provide you with a list of strategies you can employ to match
words.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-25" id="label-25">$ rdict -m -s prefix foo</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -m -s prefix foo" -->
<dd>
This shows you a list of all words that begin with 'foo' in all of the
databases.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-26" id="label-26">$ rdict -s re '^(cu|ke)rb$'</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -s re '^(cu|ke)rb$'" -->
<dd>
This shows you all the definitions relating to both 'curb' and 'kerb' from
all the databases. The 're' strategy allows regular expression matching.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-27" id="label-27">$ rdict -m -s suffix fix</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -m -s suffix fix" -->
<dd>
This shows a list of all words that end in 'fix' in all of the databases.
</dd>
<dt><a name="label-28" id="label-28">$ rdict -d jargon -m -s prefix ''</a></dt><!-- RDLabel: "$ rdict -d jargon -m -s prefix ''" -->
<dd>
This displays a list of all the entries in the 'jargon' database.
</dd>
</dl>
<h1><a name="label-29" id="label-29">AUTHOR</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "AUTHOR" -->
<p>Written by Ian Macdonald <ian@caliban.org></p>
<h1><a name="label-30" id="label-30">COPYRIGHT</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "COPYRIGHT" -->
<pre>Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Ian Macdonald
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.</pre>
<h1><a name="label-31" id="label-31">SEE ALSO</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "SEE ALSO" -->
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.caliban.org/ruby/">Ruby/DICT home page - http://www.caliban.org/ruby/</a></li>
<li><!-- Reference, RDLabel "dict(3)" doesn't exist --><em class="label-not-found">dict(3)</em><!-- Reference end --></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dict.org/">The DICT development group - http://www.dict.org/</a></li>
<li><a href="ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2229.txt">RFC 2229 - ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2229.txt</a></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="label-32" id="label-32">BUGS</a></h1><!-- RDLabel: "BUGS" -->
<ul>
<li>MIME is not implemented</li>
<li>command pipelining is not implemented</li>
<li>URL parsing is not implemented</li>
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