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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

See Also