Unix Tip: ONLINE/COMMAND-LINE DICTIONARY

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Unix Tip 2992 - April 16, 2010

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ONLINE/COMMAND-LINE DICTIONARY

Need a dictionary, but don't have one in your system.

Create the following script called "dict" (or name of your choice). It uses the lynx web browser (freely available on the internet) to go out to dictionary.com and find the word your looking for.

#!/bin/csh -f

set word=$1

# lynx is a text-based browser
# available free on the web/net.
lynx -cfg=/dev/null -dump "
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=${word}" | more

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