lookupconfig(8)

📦 version 1.08b, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 lookupconfig(8) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is a system manager's manual page and it's short but it's important 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

lookupconfig — the little program whose whole job is making index files for the lookup program. that's it. that's the gig. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lookupconfig
lookupconfig dict ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, lookupconfig makes index files for lookup programs. iconic behaviour, no notes. 👑

if you hand it arguments, lookupconfig makes index files for the dictionaries you specified with those arguments. you're being specific, and honestly? we love that for you. 🎀

but if you give it no arguments at all? it just goes ahead and makes index files for all the available dictionaries. every single one. main character energy fr fr. ✨

lowkey the vibe check here is: arguments = just those dicts, no arguments = the whole entire roster. 💀

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • /usr/share/edict — the directory where dictionaries in edict format live. that's their home. 🏠
  • /var/lib/lookup — the directory for the index files. and listen, this part matters: symbolic links to dictionaries must exist in this directory. no links, no party. 🙈

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

this manual page was written by Hayao Nakahara <nakahara@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others 💜). shoutout to them, they ate. 🔥

and that's the whole page bestie, we made it to the bottom 🧚 the lookupconfig(8) footer is waving at you from down here, so go forth and index those dictionaries, iykyk 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

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