spell(1) GNU Spell, a clone of Unix spell spell(1) NAME spell - GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell' SYNOPSIS spell [OPTION]... [FILE]... DESCRIPTION GNU Spell is a spelling checking program which prints each misspelled word on a line of its own. It is designed as a clone of the standard Unix `spell' program, and implemented as a wrapper for Ispell. Spell accepts as its arguments a list of files to read from. Within that list, the magical file name `-' causes Spell to read from standard input. In addition, when called with no file name arguments, Spell as- sumes that it should process standard input. Spell is most useful when used in conjunction with other programs, be- cause its output is minimalistic. Human users are usually more comfort- able with verbose output. OPTIONS -I, --ispell-version Print Ispell's version. -V, --version Print the version number. -b, --british Use the British dictionary. -d, --dictionary=FILE Use FILE to look up words. -h, --help Print a summary of the options. -i, --ispell=PROGRAM Calls PROGRAM as Ispell. -D, --ispell-dictionary=DICTIONARY Use the named DICTIONARY to look up words. -l, --all-chains Ignored; for compatibility. -n, --number Print line numbers before lines. -o, --print-file-name Print file names before lines. -s, --stop-list=FILE Ignored; for compatibility. -v, --verbose Print words not literally found. -x, --print-stems Ignored; for compatibility. EXAMPLES In the first example below, the words printed on standard output are all the (purposely) misspelled words in 'sample' file. Notice the op- tions '--print-file-name' and '--number' They are responsible for the prefix you see on each line. $ spell --print-file-name --number sample sample:1: Tihs sample:1: si sample:1: fo sample:1: Splel sample:1: worsd sample:1: spellled sample:1: worng sample:2: fi sample:2: cna sample:2: dael sample:2: fiel sample:2: Foo sample:2: bza sample:2: baz In the following example, spell will analyze a text from single a com- mand line. $echo "Thiz is an examply" | spell Thiz examply After install `ibrazilian' (# apt install ibrazilian, on Debian sys- tems) is possible to use `brazilian' as dictionary: $ echo "Eu sou brasileiro e carioka" | spell -D brazilian carioka To use personal dictionary called mydict.txt: $ echo "A little test" | spell -d mydict.txt FILES ~/.ispell_default Considering Spell as a wrapper for Ispell, is possible to make a personal and complementary dictionary using this file. Insert a word per line. SEE ALSO ispell(1), aspell(1) AUTHOR Spell was written by Thomas Morgan <tmorgan@pobox.com> for the Free Software Foundation, Inc. The first version of this manual page was written by Dominik Kubla <do- minik@debian.org>. The current version was fully rewritten by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>. Since the first version, this manual page was written for the Debian project (but may be used by others). spell-1.1 09 Jan 2023 spell(1)
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