A simple but feature-complete command-line dictionary

1. Install golang

debain

sudo apt-get install golang-go

macos

brew update && brew upgrade && brew install go

2. Setting the environment variable

Bash

Edit your ~/.bash_profile to add the following line:

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.bash_profile.

source ~/.bash_profile

Zsh

Edit your ~/.zshrc file to add the following line:

export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Save and exit your editor. Then, source your ~/.zshrc.

source ~/.zshrc

3. Install the dict

go get -u github.com/woorui/dict

4. Apply appid and secret from baidu and youdao open api

baidu

http://api.fanyi.baidu.com/api/trans/product/index

youdao

https://ai.youdao.com

5. Write your config

-
  key: baidu
  value: YOUR_BAIDU_APPID-YOUR_BAIDU_SECRET
-
  key: youdao
  value: YOUR_YOUDAO_APPKEY-YOUR_YOUDAO_ADDSECRET

note. key is api source, value is strings.Join([]string{APPID, SECRET}, "-"})

If you want both, add two key-value, If you want one of them, add key-value you want.

6. Running the dict and specify the config file

dict -file TYPING_YOUR_CONFIG_FILE_WHEN_FIRST_USING

7.Show running results

> hello
来源    原文    译文    音标    详情
百度    hello   你好
有道    hello   你好    həˈləʊ  int. 喂；哈罗，你好，您好, n. 表示问候，
                                惊奇或唤起注意时的用语, n. (Hello) 人名；（法）埃洛
> 你好
来源    原文    译文    音标    详情
百度    你好    Hello
有道    你好    hello           hello, hi, how do you do