Checking Spelling
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Checking spelling |
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The spell command filters through a file looking for things that look like words, and spits out those which don't appear in the computers dictionary file. Examples:
- spell myfile displays all the possible misspellings from the file `myfile'
- spell myfile > errors writes all the possible misspellings from the file `myfile' to a file named `errors'
The look command displays all the words in the computer's built-in dictionary which begin with the given letters. Examples:
- look aque prints out `aqueduct' and `aqueous'
- look persi prints out `Persia', `Persian', `persiflage', `persimmon', `persist', `persistent'
