NAME

       lexholder-en - lexical database holding utility

SYNOPSIS

       lexholder-en [options] <db_path>

DESCRIPTION

       lexholder-en  is  a small utility intended for use from the command line or shell-scripts.
       It allows one to construct, test, manage and query lexical database  as  well  as  extract
       it's content in textual form.

       This database is primarily intended for use along with the freephone phonetizer for mbrola
       to provide pronunciation information for English words.

       When filling and updating the database, new records are  read  from  the  standard  input.
       When  extracting  data  from  the  database, The result is printed to the standard output.
       This behaviour can be changed by the -f switch.

OPTIONS

       When no options are specified, the program reads  it's  standard  input  and  stores  it's
       content in the database.

       All options recognized in the command line are described below.

       -h
              Print  summary  of  options  and  exit. This option discards all other command line
              specifications. It is the only case when the database path is not required.

       -l
              List database content in textual form.

       -s <word>
              Search specified word in the lexical database. If the word is found  program  exits
              successfully and outputs it's pronunciation string,
               otherwise prints nothing and exits with non-zero exit code.

       -d <word>
              Delete record for specified word.

       -f <file>
              Use specified file instead of standard input or output.

       -r
              Replace  mode. This mode causes that the new records replace existing ones with the
              same key. By default such records are ignored.

       -q
              Be more quiet than usual: don't print warnings  about  ignoring  duplicate  records
              when filling the database.

SEE ALSO

       freephone(1), mbrola(1).

AUTHOR

       Igor B. Poretsky <poretsky@mlbox.ru>

                                         January 23, 2010                         LEXHOLDER-EN(1)