GNU/Linux |
Debian 6.0.6(Squeeze) |
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word-list-compress(1) |
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word−list−compress − word list compressor/decompressor for GNU Aspell
word-list-compress c[ompress] | d[ecompress]
word-list-compress compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the GNU Aspell spell checker.
−c, c, compress
compress the plain text word list read from standard input.
−d, d, decompress
decompress the compressed word list read from standard input.
Here are a few
examples of how you can use
word−list−compress
word−list−compress d <wordlist.cwl
>wordlist.txt
Decompress file wordlist.cwl to text file wordlist.txt
word−list−compress c <wordlist.wl >wordlist.cwl 2>errors.txt
Compress wordlist.wl to wordlist.cwl and send any error messages to a text file named errors.txt
LC_COLLATE=C sort −u <wordlist.txt | word−list−compress c >wordlist.cwl
Sort a word list, then pipe it to word−list−compress to create a compressed binary wordlist.cwl file.
word−list−compress d <words.cwl | aspell create master ./words.rws
Decompress a wordlist, then pipe it to aspell(1) to create a spelling list. Please check the aspell(1) info manual for proper usage and options.
Word−list−compress is best used with sorted word list type files. It is not a general purpose compression program since the resulting files may actually increase in size.
Word−list−compress accepts up to 255 text characters in the range of {0x21...0xFF}. If your word list requires a larger character set for certain languages or longer length for multi−word, scientific, medical, technical or other use, then it is recommended that you compress your word list using prezip−bin(1)
Word−list−compress
normally exits with a return code of 0. If it encounters an
error, a message is sent to standard error output (stderr),
and word−list−compress exits with a
non-zero return value. Error messages are listed below:
(display help/usage message)
Unknown command given on the command line so word−list−compress displays a usage message to standard error output.
Corrupt Input
This is only for the decompression command d. The input file is of an unknown format or the input file/stream is corrupted. You may have some valid output, but word−list−compress could not complete the process. If the input file is a compressed wordlist but you have no output file, then it may be a newer prezip−bin(1) version of compressed file, if so, try decompressing the file with prezip−bin(1) instead.
Output Data Error
The output is full, write protected, or has an error and can no longer be written to.
aspell(1), aspell−import(1), prezip−bin(1), run−with−aspell(1)
Aspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual. See the ’aspell’ entry in info for more complete documentation.
For help, see the Aspell homepage at <http://aspell.net> and send bug reports/comments to the Aspell user list at the above address.
This manual page was written by Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>, Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> and Jose Da Silva <digital@joescat.com>.
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