LEXHOLDER-EN(1)

📦 version 1.0m, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 LEXHOLDER-EN 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about lexholder-en(1) from the General Commands Manual and honestly? it's giving main character energy for a tiny utility. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

lexholder-en — the lexical database holding utility, aka your new fave little tool 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lexholder-en [options] <db_path>

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so like, lexholder-en is a small utility, no cap — it's built to be used straight from the command line or from shell-scripts. it lets you construct, test, manage and query a lexical database, and also extract its content in textual form. lowkey does it all. 👑

this database is primarily intended to be used alongside the freephone phonetizer for mbrola, to provide pronunciation information for English words. iykyk. ✨

when you're filling and updating the database, new records get read from the standard input. when you're extracting data from the database, the result gets printed to the standard output. that behaviour can be changed by the -f switch — more on her below. 💖

🔥 OPTIONS 🔥

when no options are specified, the program reads its standard input and stores its content in the database. no thoughts, just vibes, and also data. 🫶

all options recognized in the command line are described below:

  • -h — print a summary of options and exit. this option discards all other command line specifications. it is the only case when the database path is not required. she's independent, she's iconic. 💅
  • -l — list database content in textual form. show me what you got. 📜
  • -s <word> — search the specified word in the lexical database. if the word is found, the program exits successfully and outputs its pronunciation string. otherwise it prints nothing and exits with a non-zero exit code. no notes. 😭
  • -d <word> — delete the record for the specified word. bye bestie 👋
  • -f <file> — use the specified file instead of standard input or output. 🌈
  • -r — replace mode. this mode causes the new records to replace existing ones with the same key. by default, such records are just ignored. glow up activated ✨
  • -q — be more quiet than usual: don't print warnings about ignoring duplicate records when filling the database. shhh 🤫

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

freephone(1), mbrola(1).

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Igor B. Poretsky <poretsky@mlbox.ru> — thank you for this gift, king 👑

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from January 23, 2010 (yes she's a vintage icon and she still serves), part of the General Commands Manual. mwah, go forth and query your lexical database 💖✨🎀

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