1WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1) Aspell Abbreviated User's Manual WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1)
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6 word-list-compress - word list compressor/decompressor for GNU Aspell
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9 word-list-compress c[ompress] | d[ecompress]
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12 word-list-compress compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use
13 with the GNU Aspell spell checker.
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16 -c, c, compress
17 compress the plain text word list read from standard input.
18 -d, d, decompress
20 decompress the compressed word list read from standard input.
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23 Here are a few examples of how you can use word-list-compress
24 word-list-compress d <wordlist.cwl >wordlist.txt
26 Decompress file wordlist.cwl to text file wordlist.txt
27 word-list-compress c <wordlist.wl >wordlist.cwl 2>errors.txt
29 Compress wordlist.wl to wordlist.cwl and send any error messages
30 to a text file named errors.txt
31 LC_COLLATE=C sort -u <wordlist.txt | word-list-compress c >wordlist.cwl
33 Sort a word list, then pipe it to word-list-compress to create a
34 compressed binary wordlist.cwl file.
35 word-list-compress d <words.cwl | aspell create master ./words.rws
37 Decompress a wordlist, then pipe it to aspell(1) to create a
38 spelling list. Please check the aspell(1) info manual for
39 proper usage and options.
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42 Word-list-compress is best used with sorted word list type files. It
43 is not a general purpose compression program since the resulting files
44 may actually increase in size.
45 Word-list-compress accepts up to 255 text characters in the range of
47 {0x21...0xFF}. If your word list requires a larger character set for
48 certain languages or longer length for multi-word, scientific, medical,
49 technical or other use, then it is recommended that you compress your
50 word list using prezip-bin(1)
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53 Word-list-compress normally exits with a return code of 0. If it
54 encounters an error, a message is sent to standard error output
55 (stderr), and word-list-compress exits with a non-zero return value.
56 Error messages are listed below:
57 (display help/usage message)
59 Unknown command given on the command line so word-list-compress
60 displays a usage message to standard error output.
61 Corrupt Input
63 This is only for the decompression command d. The input file is
64 of an unknown format or the input file/stream is corrupted. You
65 may have some valid output, but word-list-compress could not
66 complete the process. If the input file is a compressed
67 wordlist but you have no output file, then it may be a newer
68 prezip-bin(1) version of compressed file, if so, try decompress‐
69 ing the file with prezip-bin(1) instead.
70 Output Data Error
72 The output is full, write protected, or has an error and can no
73 longer be written to.
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76 aspell(1), aspell-import(1), prezip-bin(1), run-with-aspell(1)
77 Aspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual. See the `aspell'
79 entry in info for more complete documentation.
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82 For help, see the Aspell homepage at <http://aspell.net> and send bug
83 reports/comments to the Aspell user list at the above address.
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86 This manual page was written by Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
87 Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> and Jose Da Silva <digital@joescat.com>.
88GNU 2005-09-05 WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1)