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.TH SPELL 1 
.SH NAME
spell, spellin, spellout \- find spelling errors
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B spell
[ option ] ...
[ file ] ...
.PP
.B /usr/src/cmd/spell/spellin
[ list ]
.PP
.B /usr/src/cmd/spell/spellout
[
.B \-d
] list
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Spell
collects words from the named documents,
and looks them up in a spelling list.
Words that neither occur among nor are derivable
(by applying 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.
.PP
.I Spell
ignores most
.I troff,
.I tbl
and
.IR  eqn (1)
constructions.
.PP
Under the
.B \-v
option, all words not literally in the spelling list are printed,
and plausible derivations from spelling list words are indicated.
.PP
Under the 
.B \-b
option, British spelling is checked.
Besides preferring
.ft I
centre, colour, speciality, travelled,
.ft R
etc.,
this option insists upon
.I -ise
in words like
.I standardise,
Fowler and the OED to the contrary
notwithstanding.
.PP
Under the 
.B \-x
option, every plausible stem is printed with `=' for each word.
.PP
The spelling list is based on many sources,
and while more haphazard than an ordinary
dictionary, is also more effective in respect to
proper names and popular technical words.
Coverage of
the specialized vocabularies of biology,
medicine and chemistry is light.
.PP
Pertinent auxiliary files may be specified by
name arguments, indicated below with their
default settings.
Copies of all output
are accumulated in the history file.
The stop list filters out misspellings (e.g. thier=thy\-y+ier)
that would otherwise pass.
.PP
Two routines help maintain the hash lists used by
.I spell.
Both expect a list of words, one per line,
from the standard input.
.I Spellin
adds the words on the standard input to the
preexisting
.I list
and places a new list on the standard output.
If no 
.I list
is specified, the new list is created from scratch.
.I Spellout
looks up each word in the standard input and prints
on the standard output
those that are missing from (or present on, with
option
.BR \-d )
the hash list.
.SH FILES
D=/usr/dict/hlist[ab]: hashed spelling lists, American & British
.br
S=/usr/dict/hstop: hashed stop list
.br
H=/usr/dict/spellhist: history file
.br
/usr/lib/spell
.br
deroff(1), sort(1), tee(1), sed(1)
.SH BUGS
The spelling list's coverage is uneven;
new installations will probably wish to 
monitor the output for several months to gather
local additions.
.br
British spelling was done by an American.
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36e4380f SJ	1	.TH SPELL 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	spell, spellin, spellout \- find spelling errors
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B spell
	6	[ option ] ...
	7	[ file ] ...
	8	.PP
	9	.B /usr/src/cmd/spell/spellin
	10	[ list ]
	11	.PP
	12	.B /usr/src/cmd/spell/spellout
	13	[
	14	.B \-d
	15	] list
	16	.SH DESCRIPTION
	17	.I Spell
	18	collects words from the named documents,
	19	and looks them up in a spelling list.
	20	Words that neither occur among nor are derivable
	21	(by applying certain inflections,
	22	prefixes or suffixes) from words in the spelling list
	23	are printed on the standard output.
	24	If no files are named,
	25	words are collected from the standard input.
	26	.PP
	27	.I Spell
	28	ignores most
	29	.I troff,
	30	.I tbl
	31	and
	32	.IR eqn (1)
	33	constructions.
	34	.PP
	35	Under the
	36	.B \-v
	37	option, all words not literally in the spelling list are printed,
	38	and plausible derivations from spelling list words are indicated.
	39	.PP
	40	Under the
	41	.B \-b
	42	option, British spelling is checked.
	43	Besides preferring
	44	.ft I
	45	centre, colour, speciality, travelled,
	46	.ft R
	47	etc.,
	48	this option insists upon
	49	.I -ise
	50	in words like
	51	.I standardise,
	52	Fowler and the OED to the contrary
	53	notwithstanding.
	54	.PP
	55	Under the
	56	.B \-x
	57	option, every plausible stem is printed with `=' for each word.
	58	.PP
	59	The spelling list is based on many sources,
	60	and while more haphazard than an ordinary
	61	dictionary, is also more effective in respect to
	62	proper names and popular technical words.
	63	Coverage of
	64	the specialized vocabularies of biology,
65	medicine and chemistry is light.
66	.PP
67	Pertinent auxiliary files may be specified by
68	name arguments, indicated below with their
69	default settings.
70	Copies of all output
71	are accumulated in the history file.
72	The stop list filters out misspellings (e.g. thier=thy\-y+ier)
73	that would otherwise pass.
74	.PP
75	Two routines help maintain the hash lists used by
76	.I spell.
77	Both expect a list of words, one per line,
78	from the standard input.
79	.I Spellin
80	adds the words on the standard input to the
81	preexisting
82	.I list
83	and places a new list on the standard output.
84	If no
85	.I list
86	is specified, the new list is created from scratch.
87	.I Spellout
88	looks up each word in the standard input and prints
89	on the standard output
90	those that are missing from (or present on, with
91	option
92	.BR \-d )
93	the hash list.
94	.SH FILES
95	D=/usr/dict/hlist[ab]: hashed spelling lists, American & British
96	.br
97	S=/usr/dict/hstop: hashed stop list
98	.br
99	H=/usr/dict/spellhist: history file
100	.br
101	/usr/lib/spell
102	.br
103	deroff(1), sort(1), tee(1), sed(1)
104	.SH BUGS
105	The spelling list's coverage is uneven;
106	new installations will probably wish to
107	monitor the output for several months to gather
108	local additions.
109	.br
110	British spelling was done by an American.