[olug] Unix Tip: ONLINE/COMMAND-LINE DICTIONARY

[Jay Hannah]

Adam Korab wrote:
> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 02:44:40PM -0700, Unix Guru Universe wrote:
> > Create the following script called
> > "dict" (or name of your choice).
> 
> Or just use a dict protocol server and any old dict protocol client.
> Check out www.dict.org (old homepage section is most useful)

One such client is Perl's Net::Dict (RFC2229). The docs use dict.org's
databases for their examples.

http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/CPAN/data/Net-Dict/Net/Dict.html

Cheers,

Jay Hannah
Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org