cURLing dict.org - how to use cURL to send a well-formed request to the dict.org online dictionary server. More detailed info is in RFC 2229. cURL communicates with dict.org on port 2628 by default. 浜様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様融 � Fast reference and syntax: � � curl dict.org/:: ie: � � curl dict.org/define:[:] � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl dict.org/define:db:vera � � curl dict.org/define:book:gcide � � curl dict.org/d:book:gcide � � curl dict.org/d:book:moby-thesaurus � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl -o book.txt dict.org/define:book:gcide � � curl -o book.txt dict.org/d:book:wn � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl dict.org/define:gry yields results from only gcide, whereas � � curl dict.org/define:gry:all yields additional results. � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon � � curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon | more � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl dict.org/d:kennewick:gaz2k-places � � curl dict.org/d:"kennewick, wa":gaz2k-places � � curl dict.org/d:99336:gaz2k-zip � � curl dict.org/d:benton:gaz2k-counties � � curl dict.org/d:"benton county, wa":gaz2k-counties � 把陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳陳超 � curl dict.org/match:sun::soundex � � curl dict.org/m:sun::soundex | more � � curl -o sun.txt dict.org/m:sun::soundex � 藩様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様様夕 Full list of databases can be retrieved via: curl -o db.txt dict.org/show:db Noteworthy databases: gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48" wn "WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)" moby-thesaurus "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0" elements "The Elements (07Nov00)" vera "V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (January 2014)" jargon "The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (20 July 2014)" easton "Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary" hitchcock "Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)" bouvier "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)" devil "The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)" world02 "CIA World Factbook 2002" gaz2k-counties "U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)" gaz2k-places "U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)" gaz2k-zips "U.S. Gazetteer Zip Code Tabulation Areas (2000)" english "English Monolingual Dictionaries" trans "Translating Dictionaries" all "All Dictionaries (English-Only and Translating)" Alternate lower-ascii table instead of CodePage 437 characters: +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Fast reference and syntax: | | curl dict.org/:: ie: | | curl dict.org/define:[:] | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl dict.org/define:db:vera | | curl dict.org/define:book:gcide | | curl dict.org/d:book:gcide | | curl dict.org/d:book:moby-thesaurus | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl -o book.txt dict.org/define:book:gcide | | curl -o book.txt dict.org/d:book:wn | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl dict.org/define:gry yields results from only gcide, whereas | | curl dict.org/define:gry:all yields additional results. | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon | | curl dict.org/define:"talk mode":jargon | more | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl dict.org/d:kennewick:gaz2k-places | | curl dict.org/d:"kennewick, wa":gaz2k-places | | curl dict.org/d:99336:gaz2k-zip | | curl dict.org/d:benton:gaz2k-counties | | curl dict.org/d:"benton county, wa":gaz2k-counties | |------------------------------------------------------------------| | curl dict.org/match:sun::soundex | | curl dict.org/m:sun::soundex | more | | curl -o sun.txt dict.org/m:sun::soundex | +------------------------------------------------------------------+