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/usr/bin/gendict

International Components for Unicode library

From icu 79.1-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running gendict --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: /usr/bin/gendict -trietype [-options] input-dictionary-file output-file
	Read in a word list and write out a string trie dictionary
options:
	-h or -? or --help  this usage text
	-V or --version     show a version message
	-c or --copyright   include a copyright notice
	-v or --verbose     turn on verbose output
	-q or --quiet       do not display warnings and progress
	-i or --icudatadir  directory for locating any needed intermediate data files,
	                    followed by path, defaults to /usr/share/icu/79.1
	--uchars            output a UCharsTrie (mutually exclusive with -b!)
	--bytes             output a BytesTrie (mutually exclusive with -u!)
	--transform         the kind of transform to use (eg --transform offset-40A3,
	                    which specifies an offset transform with constant 0x40A3)
	--toml              output the trie in toml format (default is binary),
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, -?, --helpPrint help about usage and exit.help + man
-V, --versionPrint the version of gendict and exit.help + man
-c, --copyrightEmbeds the standard ICU copyright into the output-file.help + man
-v, --verboseDisplay extra informative messages during execution.help + man
-q, --quietdo not display warnings and progresshelp
-i, --icudatadir directorydirectory for locating any needed intermediate data files, followed by path, defaults to /usr/share/icu/79.1help + man
--ucharsoutput a UCharsTrie (mutually exclusive with -b!)help + man
--bytesoutput a BytesTrie (mutually exclusive with -u!)help + man
--transformthe kind of transform to use (eg --transform offset-40A3, which specifies an offset transform with constant 0x40A3)help + man
--tomloutput the trie in toml format (default is binary),help

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