4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat1/spellin.0

SPELL(1)                     BSD Reference Manual                     SPELL(1)

NNAAMMEE
     ssppeellll, ssppeelllliinn, ssppeelllloouutt - find spelling errors

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ssppeellll [--vv] [--bb] [--xx] [--dd _h_l_i_s_t] [--ss _h_s_t_o_p] [--hh _s_p_e_l_l_h_i_s_t] [_f_i_l_e] _._._.
     ssppeelllliinn [_l_i_s_t]
     ssppeelllloouutt [--dd] Ar list

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     SSppeellll collects words from the named documents, and looks them up in a
     spelling list.  Words that neither occur among nor are derivable (by ap-
     plying certain inflections, prefixes or suffixes) from words in the
     spelling list are printed on the standard output.  If no files are named,
     words are collected from the standard input.

     SSppeellll ignores most troff(1),  tbl(1) and eqn(1) constructions.

     Under the --vv option, all words not literally in the spelling list are
     printed, and plausible derivations from spelling list words are indicat-
     ed.

     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
     --iissee in words like _s_t_a_n_d_a_r_d_i_s_e_, Fowler and the OED to the contrary
     notwithstanding.

     Under the --xx option, every plausible stem is printed with `=' for each
     word.

     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, medicine and chemistry is light.

     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 accu-
     mulated in the history file.  The stop list filters out misspellings
     (e.g. thier=thy-y+ier) that would otherwise pass.

     Two routines help maintain the hash lists used by ssppeellll.. Both expect a
     set of words, one per line, from the standard input.  SSppeelllliinn 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.  SSppeelllloouutt looks up each word from
     the standard input and prints on the standard output those that are miss-
     ing from (or present on, with option --dd) the hashed _l_i_s_t file.  For exam-
     ple, 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 ssppeellll,

           echo  hookey  |  spellout  /usr/share/dict/hlista
           echo  hookey  |  spellin  /usr/share/dict/hlista  >  myhlist
           spell  -d  myhlist  huckfinn

FFIILLEESS
     /usr/dict/hlist[ab]    Hashed spelling lists, American & British, default
                            for --dd.
     /usr/dict/hstop        Hashed stop list, default for --ss.
     /dev/null              History file, default for --hh.
     /tmp/spell.$$*         Temporary files.
     /usr/libexec/spell     Binary exectuted by the shell script
                            _/_u_s_r_/_b_i_n_/_s_p_e_l_l.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     deroff(1),  sort(1),  tee(1),  sed(1)

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.

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The ssppeellll command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

AT&T 7th Edition                 June 6, 1993                                2