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- spell, spellin, spellout - find spelling errors
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- ssppeellll [ --vv ] [ --bb ] [ --xx ] [ --dd hlist ] [ --ss hstop ] [ --hh
- spellhist ] [ file ] ...
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- ssppeelllliinn [ list ]
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- ssppeelllloouutt [ --dd ] list
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- _S_p_e_l_l collects words from the named documents, and looks
- them up in a spelling list. Words that neither occur among
- nor are derivable (by applying certain inflections, prefixes
- or suffixes) from words in the spelling list are printed on
- the standard output. If no files are named, words are col-
- lected from the standard input.
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- _S_p_e_l_l ignores most _t_r_o_f_f, _t_b_l and _e_q_n(1) constructions.
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- Under the --vv option, all words not literally in the spelling
- list are printed, and plausible derivations from spelling
- list words are indicated.
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- Under the --bb option, British spelling is checked. Besides
- preferring _c_e_n_t_r_e, _c_o_l_o_u_r, _s_p_e_c_i_a_l_i_t_y, _t_r_a_v_e_l_l_e_d, etc., this
- option insists upon -_i_s_e in words like _s_t_a_n_d_a_r_d_i_s_e, Fowler
- and the OED to the contrary notwithstanding.
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- Under the --xx option, every plausible stem is printed with
- `=' for each word.
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- The spelling list is based on many sources. While it is
- more haphazard than an ordinary dictionary, it is also more
- effective with proper names and popular technical words.
- Coverage of the specialized vocabularies of biology, medi-
- cine and chemistry is light.
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- The auxiliary files used for the spelling list, stop list,
- and history file may be specified by arguments following the
- --dd, --ss, and --hh options. The default files are indicated
- below. Copies of all output may be accumulated in the his-
- tory file. The stop list filters out misspellings (e.g.
- thier=thy-y+ier) that would otherwise pass.
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- Two routines help maintain the hash lists used by _s_p_e_l_l.
- Both expect a set of words, one per line, from the standard
- input. _S_p_e_l_l_i_n combines the words from the standard input
- and the preexisting _l_i_s_t file and places a new list on the
- standard output. If no _l_i_s_t file is specified, the new list
- is created from scratch. _S_p_e_l_l_o_u_t looks up each word from
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- the standard input and prints on the standard output those
- that are missing from (or present on, with option --dd) the
- hashed _l_i_s_t file. For example, to verify that _h_o_o_k_e_y is not
- on the default spelling list, add it to your own private
- list, and then use it with _s_p_e_l_l,
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- echo hookey | spellout /usr/dict/hlista
- echo hookey | spellin /usr/dict/hlista > myhlist
- spell -d myhlist huckfinn
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- FFIILLEESS
- /usr/dict/hlist[ab] hashed spelling lists, American & Brit-
- ish, default for --dd
- /usr/dict/hstop hashed stop list, default for --ss
- /dev/null history file, default for --hh
- /tmp/spell.$$* temporary files
- /usr/lib/spell
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- deroff(1), sort(1), tee(1), sed(1)
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- BBUUGGSS
- The spelling list's coverage is uneven; new installations
- will probably wish to monitor the output for several months
- to gather local additions.
- British spelling was done by an American.
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