DICTFMT_INDEX2SUFFIX(1)

💖 DICTFMT_INDEX2SUFFIX 💖

okay bestie so real talk — this is the manual page for dictfmt_index2suffix, part of the Linux User's Manual lineup (yes the header really says "Manaul", we don't talk about it 🙈). It's giving tiny tool, huge brain. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dictfmt_index2suffix — creates a .suffix file from a DICTD database .index file 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dictfmt_index2suffix [OPTIONS] [index_file]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So what this icon actually does: dictfmt_index2suffix makes a suffix index file and sends it to stdout — and it builds it from whichever index file you hand it, either on stdin or right there on the command line. Choose your fighter, both work 💖

Now, a suffix index file is literally the same as the .index file except — and this is the whole plot twist — the characters in the headwords are reversed. That's it. That's the vibe. 🔄

Naming-wise, a suffix index file is normally called <basename>.suffix, but ngl that's not mandatory — you can call it whatever you want, as long as you use the correct name in the dictd configuration file. No cap, the config is the one that has to know. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --help — displays a usage message and exits. cute, polite, gone. ✨
• --locale locale — use locale for sorting the .suffix file. If you skip this option entirely, the default locale "C" gets used instead. 🌍
• index_file — the .index file to be converted. that's the one, bestie 🍓

👑 AUTHOR 👑

dictfmt_index2suffix was written by Aleksey Cheusov <vle@gmx.net>. 💜

This manual page was written by Robert D. Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• dictd(8)
• dictfmt(1)
• dictfmt_index2word(1)

go read those too, they're all part of the same little family 🧚

and that's the whole page, bestie!! shoutout to the LINUX crew and the January 23, 2003 date stamp for this absolute classic — periodt. 💅⭐