Terminal Dictionary

A simple CLI tool that scrapes https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ and returns definitions to words.

Usage

Usage: Dictionary $query

If you get this error it means that isn't listed as a word:

Traceback (most recent call last):
	4: from /sbin/nokogiri:23:in `<main>'
	3: from /sbin/nokogiri:23:in `load'
	2: from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/nokogiri-1.11.1/bin/nokogiri:112:in `<top (required)>'
	1: from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/nokogiri-1.11.1/bin/nokogiri:112:in `eval'
<main>:1:in `<top (required)>': undefined method `text' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)

Depencencies

Ruby

Nokogiri

Curl

Gentoo:

Sudo emerge dev-lang/ruby dev-ruby/nokogiri net-misc/curl

Arch Linux:

Sudo pacman -S ruby ruby-nokogiri curl

Debian:

Sudo apt install ruby ruby-nokogiri curl

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/Yosuu69/Terminal-Dictionary
$ cd Terminal-Dictionary
$ sudo cp Dictionary /usr/bin

AUR

Terminal Dictionary is available in the Arch User Repository as terminal-dictionary-git.

$ yay -S terminal-dictionary-git