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NAME
       spell - find spelling errors

SYNOPSIS
       spell [-ddictname] [file] ...

DESCRIPTION
       Spell  copies  the  named  files (or standard input if none are
       specified) to standard output while looking up each word  in  a
       dictionary.   If  any spelling errors are found in a particular
       line, an additional line will be printed immediately  following
       the line with asterisks (*) beneath the offending words.
       
       If the -d switch is used, `spell' will use the files `dictname'
       and `dictname'dx for the dictionary and index.

FILES
       dict - a dictionary file
       dictdx - the index generated by isam for the dictionary

SEE ALSO
       isam - generate an index for pseudo-indexed-sequential access
       ospell  -  the  script  pipeline  suggested in K&P for spelling
       errors

DIAGNOSTICS

AUTHORS

       Joe Sventek

BUGS
       This is a skeleton spelling error  detector.   It  is  expected
       that  various  modifications  to flesh it out will be performed
       for local use.


















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