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# Sdcv

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Sdcv is a command line dictionary. It provides access to dictionaries in StarDict's format.

## Installation

sdcv is available from the official repositories

## Usage

sdcv can be started from the command line:

    sdcv

This gives you a 'shell-like' command-line from which you can query the database.

## Adding dictionaries

There are various places on the web where you can download StarDict dictionaries e.g. http://download.huzheng.org/

Then you can extract the files into `/usr/share/stardict/dic`.

If you don't have root permissions, you can set the `STARDICT_DATA_DIR` environment variable. A good choice might be:

    export STARDICT_DATA_DIR=$XDG_DATA_HOME

sdcv will look in the `dic` subdirectory so make sure that is created and place your dictionaries inside it

After that, you should be set

## Tips

### Alias sdcv

sdcv isn't a very good name for a terminal command you are likely to use a lot. A good name might be:

    alias def="/usr/bin/sdcv"

## See Also

- Official web site
- Post on askubuntu.com

Categories:

- Dictionaries
- Commands