DICO(1) User Commands DICO(1)
NAME
dico - a DICT client
SYNOPSIS
dico [-mDSHIqatvh] [-p SERVICE] [-d NAME] [-s NAME] [-i DBNAME] [-u NAME] [-k STRING] [-c STRING] [--host=SERVER] [--port=SERVICE] [--data-
base=NAME] [--source=ADDR] [--match] [--strategy=NAME] [--levdist, --levenshtein-distance=N]fR [--dbs] [--strategies] [--serverhelp]
[--info=DBNAME] [--serverinfo] [--quiet] [--noauth] [--sasl] [--nosasl] [--user=NAME] [--key, --passwordfR=STRING]fR [--autologin=NAME]
[--client=STRING] [--transcript] [--verbose] [--time-stamp] [--source-info] [--help] [--usage] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
dico is an RFC 2229 compliant dictionary client.
OPTIONS
Server selection
--host=SERVER
Connect to this server.
-p, --port=SERVICE
Specify port to connect to.
-d, --database=NAME
Select a database to search.
--source=ADDR
Set a source address for TCP connections.
Operation modes
-m, --match
Match instead of define.
-s, --strategy=NAME
Select a strategy for matching. Implies --match.
--levdist, --levenshtein-distance=N
Set maximum Levenshtein distance to N.
-D, --dbs
Show available databases.
-S, --strategies
Show available search strategies.
-H, --serverhelp
show server help.
-i, --info=DBNAME
Show information about database DBNAME.
-I, --serverinfo
Show information about the server.
-q, --quiet
Do not print the normal dico welcome.
Authentication
-a, --noauth
Disable authentication.
--sasl Enable SASL authentication (default).
--nosasl
Disable SASL authentication.
-u, --user=NAME
Set user name for authentication.
-k, --key, --password=STRING
Set shared secret for authentication.
--autologin=NAME
Set the name of autologin file to use.
-c, --client=STRING
Additional text for client command.
Debugging
-t, --transcript
Enable session transcript.
-v, --verbose
Increase debugging verbosity level.
--time-stamp
Include time stamp in the debugging output.
--source-info
Include source line information in the debugging output.
Other options
-h, --help
Give this help list
--usage
Give a short usage message
--version
Print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-dico@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Sergey Poznyakoff License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
dicod(8),
The full documentation for dico is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dico-doc programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info dico
should give you access to the complete manual.
AUTHOR
dico was written by Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@gnu.org.ua>.
This manual page was written by (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) <aelmahmoudy@sabily.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
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