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DICTUNFORMAT(1) 	       Linux User's Manual		 DICTUNFORMAT(1)

NAME
     dictunformat - create a raw database file from a .dict and .index file

SYNOPSIS
     dictunformat [OPTIONS] index_filename

DESCRIPTION
     dictunformat  takes a dictionary index file as a parameter and a dictionary
     database file on stdin and outputs a raw database that may be used to  cre-
     ate  a DICT database by dictfmt -t.  This may be useful if it is desired to
     create a dictionary for a locale other than that for which the original was
     created, or if it is desired to correct or supplement a  pre-existing  dic-
     tionary.

OPTIONS
     --help
	    displays a usage message and exits.

     --headword-separator sep
	    sep  is  the headword separator used when creating the origianl dic-
	    tionary.  (See --headword-separator in dictfmt (1)).

     index_filename
	    is the .index file of the original dictionary.

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

SEE ALSO
     dictd(8), dictfmt(1)

LINUX				January 23, 2003		 DICTUNFORMAT(1)

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