Reference

chewing-cli-init-database(1)

Create a new dictionary file

NAME

chewing-cli-init-database - Create a new dictionary file

SYNOPSIS

chewing-cli init-database [-t|--db-type] [-n|--name] [-c|--copyright] [-l|--license] [-r|--version] [-u|--usage] [-s|--skip-invalid] [--fix] [--csv] [-h|--help] <TSI_SRC> <OUTPUT>

DESCRIPTION

Create a new dictionary file

OPTIONS

-t, --db-type <DB_TYPE> [default: trie]

Choose the underlying database implementation

Possible values:

•

trie

•

sqlite

-n, --name <NAME> [default: 我的詞庫]

Name of the phrase dictionary

-c, --copyright <COPYRIGHT> [default: Unknown]

Copyright information of the dictionary

-l, --license <LICENSE> [default: Unknown]

License information of the dictionary

-r, --version <VERSION> [default: 1.0.0]

Version of the dictionary

-u, --usage <USAGE> [default: unknown]

The usage type of the dictionary

-s, --skip-invalid

Skip invalid lines

--fix

Attempt to fix simple spelling errors

--csv

Read the dictionary source as CSV with header

-h, --help

Print help

<TSI_SRC>

Path to the dictionary source file

<OUTPUT>

Path to the output file

History

--fix since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

--keep-word-freq until Debian 13 (Trixie); -k until Debian 13 (Trixie).