NAME

       spell - GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell'

SYNOPSIS

       spell [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       GNU  Spell  is  a spelling checking program which prints each misspelled word on a line of its own. It is
       designed as a clone of the standard Unix `spell' program, and implemented as a wrapper for Ispell.

       Spell accepts as its arguments a list of files to read from. Within that list, the magical file name  `-'
       causes  Spell  to  read from standard input.  In addition, when called with no file name arguments, Spell
       assumes that it should process standard input.

       Spell is most useful when used in conjunction with other programs, because its  output  is  minimalistic.
       Human users are usually more comfortable with verbose output.

OPTIONS

       -I, --ispell-version
              Print Ispell's version.

       -V, --version
              Print the version number.

       -b, --british
              Use the British dictionary.

       -d, --dictionary=FILE
              Use FILE to look up words.

       -h, --help
              Print a summary of the options.

       -i, --ispell=PROGRAM
              Calls PROGRAM as Ispell.

       -D, --ispell-dictionary=DICTIONARY
              Use the named DICTIONARY to look up words.

       -l, --all-chains
              Ignored; for compatibility.

       -n, --number
              Print line numbers before lines.

       -o, --print-file-name
              Print file names before lines.

       -s, --stop-list=FILE
              Ignored; for compatibility.

       -v, --verbose
              Print words not literally found.

       -x, --print-stems
              Ignored; for compatibility.

EXAMPLES

       In the first example below, the words printed on standard output are all the (purposely) misspelled words
       in  'sample'  file.  Notice  the  options '--print-file-name' and '--number' They are responsible for the
       prefix you see on each line.

           $ spell --print-file-name --number sample
           sample:1: Tihs
           sample:1: si
           sample:1: fo
           sample:1: Splel
           sample:1: worsd
           sample:1: spellled
           sample:1: worng
           sample:2: fi
           sample:2: cna
           sample:2: dael
           sample:2: fiel
           sample:2: Foo
           sample:2: bza
           sample:2: baz

       In the following example, spell will analyze a text from single a command line.

           $echo "Thiz is an examply" | spell
           Thiz
           examply

       After install `ibrazilian' (# apt install ibrazilian, on Debian systems) is possible to  use  `brazilian'
       as dictionary:

           $ echo "Eu sou brasileiro e carioka" | spell -D brazilian
           carioka

       To use personal dictionary called mydict.txt:

           $ echo "A little test" | spell -d mydict.txt

FILES

       ~/.ispell_default
              Considering  Spell  as  a  wrapper  for  Ispell,  is possible to make a personal and complementary
              dictionary using this file. Insert a word per line.

SEE ALSO

       ispell(1), aspell(1)

AUTHOR

       Spell was written by Thomas Morgan <tmorgan@pobox.com> for the Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       The first version of this manual page was written by Dominik Kubla <dominik@debian.org>.

       The current version was fully rewritten by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org>.

       Since the first version, this manual page was written for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

spell-1.1                                          09 Jan 2023                                          spell(1)