NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       spell, spellin, spellout - Finds spelling errors

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       spell   [-b]   [-i    |  -l]  [-v   |  -x]  [-d hash_list]
       [-s hash_stop] [-h history_list] [+word_list] [file...]

       spellin [list] [number]

       spellout [-d] list

       The spell command reads words in file and compares them to
       those  in  a spelling list.  Default files contain English
       words only, but you can supply your own list of  words  in
       other languages.

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Interfaces  documented  on  this reference page conform to
       industry standards as follows:

       spell:  XCU5.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information
 about industry standards and associated tags.

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       [Tru64 UNIX]  The following options are for the spell command
 only.  Checks for correct British spelling.   Besides
       preferring  centre,  colour,  programme, speciality, travelled,
 and so on, this option causes spell to insist  upon
       the  use  of  the  infix  -ise  in words like standardise.
       [Tru64  UNIX]  Specifies  hash_list   as   the   alternate
       spelling  list.  The default is /usr/lbin/spell/hlist[ab].
       [Tru64 UNIX]  Specifies history_list as the alternate history
  list  that  is  used  to accumulate all output.  The
       default is /usr/lbin/spell/spellhist.  [Tru64  UNIX]  Suppresses
 processing of included files through the and troff
       macros.  If the -i and -l options are both specified,  the
       last  one  of  the two options entered on the command line
       takes effect.  [Tru64  UNIX]  Follows  the  chain  of  all
       included files (.so and



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