DICTCONV(1)

📦 version 0.2, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay so bestie, welcome to DICTCONV(1), straight out of the User Commands section of the manual. It's a dictionary file converter, it's giving main character energy, and we're gonna read the whole thing together, no skimming. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

DictConv: — the dictionary file converter, aka your little translator of file formats. 🦋

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

dictconv [-hv] -o OUTPUT_FILE INPUT_FILE

that's the whole vibe right there: one input, one output, a couple of flags, slay.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So the whole point: you convert INPUT_FILE dictionary to OUTPUT_FILE dictionary. ✨ And here's the iconic part — the extension of the file determines the dictionary type. The filename tells it everything, iykyk.

  • -o OUTPUT_FILE — path to target dictionary. That's where the converted goodness goes. 🫶
  • INPUT_FILE — path to source dictionary. The original, the blueprint, the moment before the glow-up.
  • -h — print help message and exit. 💅
  • -? — print help message and exit. (yes, same energy as -h, it's a twin situation)
  • -v — shows the version information and exit. ⭐

🔥 INPUT_FILE can be:

  • Babylon Glossary (.bgl)
  • Freedict dictionary (.tei)
  • Sdictionary dictionary (.dct)
  • StarDict dictionary (.ifo)

🍓 OUTPUT_FILE can be:

  • DICT dictionary (.index)
  • PlainText dictionary (.dic)
  • StarDict dictionary (.ifo)

🧚 round two, because the page literally says it again 🧚

not me noticing the manpage repeats this whole section — but a detail is a detail, so here it is again, exactly as promised:

Convert INPUT_FILE dictionary to OUTPUT_FILE dictionary. The extension of file determines the dictionary type.

  • -o OUTPUT_FILE — path to target dictionary.
  • INPUT_FILE — path to source dictionary.
  • -h — print help message and exit.
  • -? — print help message and exit.
  • -v — shows the version information and exit.

🌈 INPUT_FILE can be:

  • Babylon Glossary (.bgl) Freedict dictionary (.tei) Sdictionary dictionary (.dct) StarDict dictionary (.ifo)

💜 OUTPUT_FILE can be:

  • DICT dictionary (.index) PlainText dictionary (.dic) StarDict dictionary (.ifo)

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

DictConv was written by Raul Fernandes <rgfbr@yahoo.com.br>. 💖

This manual page was written by Francesco Namuri with help2man tool.

okay that's the whole page, you ate that reading session fr fr 💀✨

cute little sign-off time: this page came to you from Francesco Namuri, dated July 2007, and it lives under the name DICTCONV(1) in the User Commands manual. periodt. 💅🎀

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