CATDIC(1)

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💖 CATDIC(1) — the download-a-dictionary era 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about catdic from the General Commands Manual and it's literally so simple it's iconic 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

catdic — Download a dictionary 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

catdic [{-cs|-cannaserver} canna-server] [-i|-u user-name] remote-dic
[-l local-file]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So the whole vibe here? catdic downloads a dictionary file to the current directory. That's it. That's the job. 👑

The file it grabs is a dictionary file, and the dictionary name of that file is remote-dic. It lives in the user dictionary directory of the machine where cannaserver(1M) is doing its thing. And from here on out, bestie, we're calling that machine the remote host. Noted, remembered, periodt. 📝

🦋 OPTIONS 🦋

  • -cs canna-server (or -cannaserver canna-server) — names the server machine that's holding the dictionary you wanna download. you're telling it where to go. no cap. 🗺️
  • -i — downloads the system dictionary. yes, the big one. ✨
  • -u user-name — specifies the user name. with this you can reference another user's dictionary 👀 (borrowing respectfully, we love to see it).
  • -l local-file — local-file is the dictionary file name. if you omit it, the standard output will be assumed. so like, no file, just vibes streaming straight to your terminal. 💫

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

okay real talk, here's how it actually looks in the wild:

% catdic test

this one outputs the contents of dictionary file ``test'' on the remote host, to the standard output. just showing you everything. main character behavior fr fr.

% catdic test -l test2.t

and this one downloads dictionary file test'' on the remote host to current directory file test2.t''. it's giving saving it for later. ate. 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

cannaserver(1M), lsdic(1), mkdic(1) — go read these too, they're the friend group 💜

lowkey the whole thing is just: point at a dictionary on the remote host, and either print it or save it. no tricks, no drama, no undefined behavior lurking in the shadows. we love a clean tool. 🧚

mwah 💋 that's the page — CATDIC(1) from the General Commands Manual, and if you ever forget it, just remember: the footer literally says CATDIC(1) again, so it's the same girl top and bottom. bye bestie, go download a dictionary 🎀✨

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