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SPELL(1)                    General Commands Manual                   SPELL(1)



NAME
       spell, sprog - find spelling errors

SYNOPSIS
       spell [ options ] ...  [ file ] ...

       aux/sprog [ options ] [ -f file ]

DESCRIPTION
       Spell looks up words from the named files (standard input default) in a
       spelling list and places  possible  misspellings—words  not  sanctioned
       there—on the standard output.

       Spell  ignores  constructs  of troff(1) and its standard preprocessors.
       It understands these options:

       -b     Check British spelling.

       -v     Print all words not literally in the spelling list, with deriva‐
              tions.

       -x     Print  on standard error, marked with every stem as it is looked
              up in the spelling list, along with its affix classes.

       As a matter of policy, spell does not admit multiple spellings  of  the
       same word.  Variants that follow general rules are preferred over those
       that don't, even when the unruly spelling is  more  common.   Thus,  in
       American  usage, `modelled', `sizeable', and `judgment' are rejected in
       favor of `modeled', `sizable', and `judgement'.  Agglutinated  variants
       are  shunned:  `crewmember'  and  `backyard'  cede to `crew member' and
       `back yard' (noun) or `back-yard' (adjective).

FILES
       /sys/lib/amspell
              American spelling list

       /sys/lib/brspell
              British spelling list

       /bin/aux/sprog
              The actual spelling checker.  It expects one word  per  line  on
              standard input, and takes the same arguments as spell.

SOURCE
       /rc/bin/spell
              the script

       /sys/src/cmd/spell
              source for sprog

SEE ALSO
       deroff(1)

BUGS
       The  heuristics  of deroff(1) used to excise formatting information are
       imperfect.

       The  spelling  list's  coverage  is  uneven;  in  particular   biology,
       medicine, and chemistry, and perforce proper names, not to mention lan‐
       guages other than English, are covered very lightly.



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