Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

ispell

Synopsis

    ispell [options] [files]

Compare the words of one or more named files with the system dictionary. Display unrecognized words at the top of the screen, accompanied by possible correct spellings, and allow editing via a series of commands. See also aspell and spell in the earlier section "Alphabetical Summary of Common Commands.”

URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/ispell.

Options

The -c, -D, and -e1, -e2, -e3, and -e4 options are specialized (for use by the munchlist helper program) and are not covered here.

-a

Function in back-end mode, printing a one-line version identification and then one line of output for each input word. See the manpage.

-A

Like -A, but read files named on lines beginning with &Include_File&. Includes may be nested up to five levels deep.

-b

Back up original file in filename .bak.

-B

Search for missing blanks (resulting in concatenated words) in addition to ordinary misspellings.

-C

Do not produce error messages in response to concatenated words.

-d file

Search file instead of the standard dictionary file.

-f outfile

Write output to outfile instead of to standard output. Must be used with -a or -A.

-F program

Use program to remove formatting markup.

-H

Input is in SGML/HTML format.

-k setname list

Add the keywords in list to the predefined set of keywords setname. See the manpage for details.

-l

Generate a list of misspelled words (batch mode).

-L number

Show number lines of context.

-m

Suggest different root/affix combinations.

-M

List interactive ...