Name

aspell [options] file | command — aspell

Synopsis

/usr/bin stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version

aspell is a powerful spellchecker with dozens of options. A few useful commands are:

aspell -c file

Interactively check, and optionally correct, the spelling of all words in file.

aspell -l < file

Print a list of the misspelled words in file on standard output.

aspell dump master

Print aspell’s master dictionary on standard output.

aspell help

Print a concise help message. See http://aspell.net for more information.

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