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Revision as of 14:28, 20 October 2021
The dict utility does dictionary lookups from the command-line, it is part of the dictd software distribution.
Setup
Add `dict` to your list of packages in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix:
/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
dict
];
Run the following as your user:
echo 'server dict.org' > ~/.dictrc
Usage
To lookup a word, run, for example:
dict snowflake