Sdcv
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sdcv developed by Evgeniy A. Dushistov and HuZheng, is the command line version of StarDict. It can employ all the dictionary files that belong to StarDict.
The word sdcv stands for StarDict under Console Version.
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[edit] Supported Platforms
sdcv runs under Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. Dictionaries of the user's choice are installed separately and this is the same as StarDict.
[edit] Main Usage
[edit] SYNOPSIS
- sdcv [ options ] [list of words]
Use "-h" option to view the message of whole options.
[edit] DESCRIPTION
sdcv is simple, cross-platform text-base utility for work with dictionaries in StarDict's format. The word from "list of words" may be string with leading '/' for using Fuzzy search algorithm, string may contain '?' and '*' for using regexp search. It work in interactive and not interactive mode. To exit from interactive mode press Ctrl+D.
[edit] ENVIROMENT
STARDICT_DATA_DIR
If set, sdcv use this variable as data directory, this is mean that sdcv search dictionaries in $STARDICT_DATA_DIR\dic.
[edit] Bugs
Email bug reports to dushistov@mail.ru. Be sure to include the word "sdcv" somewhere in the "Subject:" field.
[edit] Advantages
Sometimes, we need to employ text filter tools such as awk, sed, grep, and so on, to search a certain pattern or example sentence from dictionary and sdcv will of cause be very helpful.
