EDICT-GREP(1)

NAME
edict-grep - search EDICT files with specific queries

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

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

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.

EXAMPLES
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).

NOTES
Be sure to put the queries only AFTER all options!

AUTHOR
Written by Ludovic Drolez <ldrolez@debian.org>