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edict-grep - search EDICT files with specific queries

edict-grep [ options ] <query>...

The edict-grep command is used to search the EDICT file(s) for specific queries based on various 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.

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).

Be sure to put the queries only AFTER all options!

Written by Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@debian.org>