Dictionary-cli NPM

dictionary-cli

Translations, usage examples and spell check via

Demonstration

Install

$ npm install -g dictionary-cli

Usage

$ dictionary <lang-from> <lang-to> <input>

# if input matches /[a-zA-Z]/ it will translate from english to <lang>, otherwise from <lang> to english
$ dictionary --en=<lang> <input>
# if input matches /[а-яА-Я]/ it will translate from russian to <lang>, otherwise from <lang> to russian
$ dictionary --ru=<lang> <input>

$ dictionary <lang> --export
$ dictionary <lang> --export > history.txt

:shipit: Feel free to send PR for auto detection of other languages

Tips

Add aliases for language pairs in your .bashrc / .zshrc

alias d="dictionary --en=ru" # use as "d <english or russian word or sentence>"
# or
alias d="dictionary en ru" # use as "d <english word or sentence>"
alias x="dictionary ru en" # use as "x <russian word or sentence>"

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