# DICTL(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       dictl  -  wrapper script for _dict_ that permits using **utf-8** encoded dictionaries on a terminal
       that is not **utf-8** aware.

## SYNOPSIS
       **dictl** _[OPTIONS]_ _[word]_

## Description
       **dictl** calls _dict_ with the arguments given on the command line.  **dictl** takes the value of  the
       environment  variable  **DICTL**___**CHARSET** as the user's preferred character set.  If this variable
       is empty, dictl attempts to determine the character set to be used from the output of the lo‐
       cale command.

       Arguments  passed  to  dictl including _word_ are converted from the user's preferred character
       set to server's character set specified by **DICTL**___**SERVER**___**CHARSET** variable (utf-8 if it is  un‐
       set), and passed to _dict_.  The server's output from _dict_ is converted to the user's preferred
       character set.

       **NOTE:** Because **iconv** omits characters from output that are invalid,
       **recode** **-f** is used for character set  conversions  by  default.   If  you  prefer  **iconv,**  set
       **DICTL**___**USE**___**ICONV** variable to non-empty string.  If you want to use **konwert,** set **DICTL**___**USE**___**KON**‐‐
       **WERT** to non-empty string.

       Because _recode,_ _iconv_ and _konwert_ do not support conversion to or from the "C" or "POSIX" lo‐
       cales,  it is recommended that all users whose locale is "C" or "POSIX", set **DICTL**___**CHARSET** to
       "latin1" (ISO_8859-1).

## OPTIONS
       dictl accepts all dict options as described in [dict(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dict/1/markdown).

## AUTHOR
       **dictl** was written by Aleksey Cheusov <<vle@gmx.net>>
       This manual page was written by Robert D. Hilliard <<hilliard@debian.org>> and Aleksey  Cheusov
       <<vle@gmx.net>>

## SEE ALSO
       [**dict**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dict/1/markdown), [**recode**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/recode/1/markdown), [**iconv**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/iconv/1/markdown), [**konwert**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/konwert/1/markdown)



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