#dictionary #command-line #definition #word #english #owlbot

app owldict

A simple to use command line dictionary for english

3 releases (stable)

1.0.1 Dec 6, 2020
1.0.0 Dec 5, 2020
0.1.0 Dec 5, 2020

#65 in #english

GPL-2.0 license

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owldict

owldict is a command line dictionary that uses owlbot to find definitions and examples of words.

Build

From crates.io

If you have cargo on your system you can install owldict from crates.io like this

$ cargo install owldict

From Source

You can install owldict from source if you have Rust installed on your system:

$ git clone https://github.com/SpyrosRoum/owldict.git
$ cd owldict
$ cargo build --release

Set up

You need to get a token from owlbot for owldict to work correctly. Get your owlbot token from https://owlbot.info.
Then you will need to set an the OWLDICT_TOKEN environment variable.
On linux it's as simple as running export OWLDICT_TOKEN={Your token}

Dependencies

~5–16MB
~151K SLoC