Command line options

Command line options

When called without options, SCDICT starts an interactive session.

--group, -g GR

Set the initial dictionary group to GR. Groups are defined in scdictrc.lisp.

--dictionary, -d DICT

Set the initial dictionary to dict, where dict is the name or the nick of a dictionary. Dictionary nicks are defined in scdictrc.lisp.

--word, -w WORD

When this option is combined with --dictionary, no interactive session starts, SCDICT looks up WORD in the given dictionary and exits.

--version, -v

Output version information and exit.

--help, -h

Print help and exit.