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

STYLE(1)                     BSD Reference Manual                     STYLE(1)

NNAAMMEE
     ssttyyllee - analyze surface characteristics of a document

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ssttyyllee [--mmll] [--mmmm] [--aa] [--ee] [--ll_n_u_m] [--rr_n_u_m] [--pp] [--PP] _f_i_l_e _._._.

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     SSttyyllee analyzes the surface characteristics of the writing style of a doc-
     ument.  It reports on readability, sentence length and structure, word
     length and usage, verb type, and sentence openers.  Because ssttyyllee runs
     deroff before looking at the text, formatting header files should be in-
     cluded as part of the input.

     Options available:

     --aa        print all sentences with their length and readability index.

     --ee        print all sentences that begin with an expletive.

     --pp        print all sentences that contain a passive verb.

     --ll _n_u_m    print all sentences longer than _n_u_m.

     --mmll       The flag --mmll, which causes deroff to skip lists, should be used
               if the document contains many lists of non-sentences.

     --mmmm       The default macro package --mmss may be overridden with the flag
               --mmmm.

     --rr _n_u_m    print all sentences whose readability index is greater than
               _n_u_m.

     --PP        print parts of speech of the words in the document.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     deroff(1),  diction(1)

BBUUGGSS
     Use of non-standard formatting macros may cause incorrect sentence
     breaks.

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The ssttyyllee command appeared in 4BSD.

4th Berkeley Distribution        June 6, 1993                                1