SDCV(1)

NAME
sdcv - console version of Stardict program

SYNOPSIS
sdcv [ options ] [list of words]

DESCRIPTION
sdcv is simple, cross-platform text-base utility for work with dictionaries in StarDict's format. The word from "list of words" may be string with leading '/' for using Fuzzy search algorithm, string may contain '?' and '*' for using regexp search. It work in interactive and not interactive mode. To exit from interactive mode press Ctrl+D.

OPTIONS

-h  --help
    display help message and exit

-v --verbose
    display version and exit

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

-u --use-dict filename
    for search use only dictionary with this bookname

-n --non-interactive
    for use in scripts

--utf8-output
    Force sdcv not use conversation to locale coding system, output in utf8

--utf8-input
    Force sdcv not use conversation from locale coding system, suppose that input in utf8

--data-dir path/to/directory
    Use this directory as path to stardict data directory. This is mean that sdcv search dictionaries in data-dir/dic directory.

FILES

/usr/share/stardict/dic

$(HOME)/.stardict/dic
    Place, where sdcv expect to find dictionaries. Actualy, this depend of $(prefix) and $(datadir) options, with which you compile sdcv. By default it search in $(datadir)/stardict/dic. Default value of $(datadir) is $(prefix)/share. So if you compile with prefix=/usr, sdcv suppose to find dictionaries in /usr/share/stardict/dic, if prefix=/usr/local, sdcv look at /usr/local/share/stardict/dic and so on.

ENVIROMENT
Environment Variables Used By sdcv:

STARDICT_DATA_DIR
    If set, sdcv use this variable as data directory, this is mean that sdcv search dictionaries in $STARDICT_DATA_DIR\dic

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

AUTHORS
Evgeniy A. Dushistov, Hu Zheng

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