Chapter 5. Command Line Options

KDict can be started directly from a terminal like Konsole or xterm. Several command line options are available.

kdict word/phrase: lookup the given text. You will have to put the phrase into double quotes, if the phrase contains more than one word. For example: kdict "double quote"
kdict -c / --clipboard: define the current content of the clipboard.
kdict -v / --version: Displays the version number of KDict (and that of Qt™/KDE).
kdict --license: Shows under which licenses KDict is being published.

KDict also supports all other command line options common to KDE and Qt™ programs. You can get a list of these options with --help, --help-kde and --help-qt