sdcv - console version of StarDict program

       Evgeniy A. Dushistov, Hu Zheng

       Email bug reports to dushistov at mail dot ru. Be sure to  include  the  word  "sdcv"  somewhere  in  the
       "Subject:" field.

sdcv  is  a  simple,  cross-platform text-based utility for working with dictionaries in StarDict format.
       Each word from "list of words" may be a string with a leading '/' for using  a  Fuzzy  search  algorithm,
       with  a leading '|' for using full-text search, and the string may contain '?' and '*' for regexp search.
       It works in interactive and non-interactive mode.  To  exit  from  interactive  mode  press  Ctrl+D.   In
       interactive mode, if sdcv was compiled with readline library support, you can use the UP and DOWN keys to
       cycle through history.

       Environment Variables Used By sdcv:

       STARDICT_DATA_DIR   If set, sdcv uses this variable as the data directory, this means that sdcv  searches
                           dictionaries in $STARDICT_DATA_DIR/dic

       SDCV_HISTSIZE       If  set,  sdcv writes in $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history (or $(SDCV_HISTFILE)) the last
                           $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words, which you look up using sdcv. If it is not set, then the last
                           2000 words are saved in $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history.

       SDCV_HISTFILE       If set, sdcv writes it's history to $(SDCV_HISTFILE). If it  is  not  set,  then  the
                           default $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history path will be used.

       SDCV_PAGER          If  SDCV_PAGER is set, its value is used as the name of the program to use to display
                           the dictionary article.

       /usr/share/stardict/dic

       $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/stardict/dic

              Place where sdcv expects to find dictionaries.  Instead of /usr/share/stardict/dic you can use any
              directory you want, just set the STARDICT_DATA_DIR environment variable.  For example, if you have
              dictionaries in /mnt/data/stardict-dicts/dic, set STARDICT_DATA_DIR to /mnt/data/stardict-dicts.

       $(XDG_DATA_HOME)/sdcv_history

              This file includes the last $(SDCV_HISTSIZE) words, which you sought with sdcv.   SDCV  uses  this
              file only if it was compiled with readline library support.

       $(XDG_CONFIG_HOME)/sdcv_ordering

              This  is a text file containing one dictionary bookname per line.  It specifies in which order the
              results of a search should be shown.

       sdcv - console version of StarDict program

-h--help
               Display help message and exit

       -v--version
               Display version and exit

       -l--list-dicts
               Display list of available dictionaries and exit

       -u--use-dictfilename
               For search use only dictionary with this bookname

       -n--non-interactive
               For use in scripts

       -x--only-data-dir
               For  use  in  scripts:  only  use  the dictionaries in data-dir, do not search in user and system
               directories

       -e--exact-search
               Do not fuzzy-search for similar words, only return exact matches

       -j--json
               Print the results  of  list-dicts  and  searches  as  json,  not  as  plain  text.   For  use  in
               automatically processing the results of a dictionary lookup.

       --utf8-output
               Force sdcv to not convert to locale charset, output in utf8

       --utf8-input
               Force sdcv to not convert from locale charset, assume that input is in utf8

       --data-dirpath/to/directory
               Use  this directory as the path to the stardict data directory. This means that sdcv searches for
               dictionaries in data-dir/dic directory.

       --color Use ANSI escape codes for colorizing sdcv output (does not work with json output).

stardict(1), http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/, http://stardict.sourceforge.net

sdcv-0.4.2                                         2006-04-24                                            SDCV(1)

sdcv [ options ] [list of words]