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).
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