Shell Sript - Spell Checker Assign

ccfc1986 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

Hi Folks. I am currently working on a script that has to spell check a file and print the output to the screen in 2 columns like this.

INCORRECT CORRECTION
whio who
weahter weather

The file will allow the user to override the ispell command and save any 'incorrect' words as 'correct' into a memory file which would then be used in any other runs of the script (as a dictionary file).

The code i currently have has a problem with it... and i cant figure it out for the life of me. Here is the code/script that i have written so far.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
# script that will spell check a file

#if user tries to quit, will say so, then quit on second attempt
trap "echo You are trying to exit; exit" 2


array=`ispell -l -p $HOME/memory.txt < $1`

correct=()
incorrect=""
let counter=1

for i in $array; do
        read -p "$i is mispelled. Press "Enter" to keep spelling, or type a correction here: " correction
        if [[$correction=""]] ; then
                echo $i >> $HOME/memory.txt
        else
                $correct[$counter]=$correction
        fi
let counter+=1
done

#prints the information
echo "CORRECTION       INCORRECT"
let count=1
for i in $array; do
        echo ${correct[$count]}        $i
let count+=1
done

For this code i get this output while runing:

sh-3.1$ ./wordspell testfile
hellio is mispelled. Press Enter to keep spelling, or type a correction here: hello
./wordspell: line 14: [[hello=]]: command not found
./wordspell: line 17: [1]=hello: command not found
whio is mispelled. Press Enter to keep spelling, or type a correction here: who
./wordspell: line 14: [[who=]]: command not found
./wordspell: line 17: [2]=who: command not found
wheter is mispelled. Press Enter to keep spelling, or type a correction here: weather
./wordspell: line 14: [[weather=]]: command not found
./wordspell: line 17: [3]=weather: command not found
CORRECTION INCORRECT
hellio
whio
wheter

I was wondering how i could sort out the line 14/17 errors. I have thought it would be something like missing () or {} in the array. But still no luck. Any ideas? Also, as you can see i want to print the correction, and the incorrect word (i have 2 arrays set, correct and incorrect which should contain the words for each). How would i get them to print out in columns like i have shown? Once i have this, i have another couple of things to code which im unsure of, but i will try after i get thsi first obstacle out of the way.

Thanks in advance

aigles · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

Code:

        if [[ "$correction" = "" ]] ; then
                echo $i >> $HOME/memory.txt
        else
                correct[$counter]=$correction
        fi

Jean-Pierre.

ccfc1986 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by aigles

Code:

        if [[ "$correction" = "" ]] ; then
                echo $i >> $HOME/memory.txt
        else
                correct[$counter]=$correction
        fi

Jean-Pierre.

I attempted what you have given me, and it just gives me the exact same error messages (plus .... you aren't supposed to have spaces in your ##### = #### parts should be ####=#### right?)

Hope some advice still comes in, thanks for your time!

aigles · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

You execute your script with /bin/sh (line #1) which doesn't reconize the [[ ... ]] form of test.
You must use bash or ksh or replace [[ ... ]] by [ ... ]

There is no problem with spaces around the = operator.

Jean-Pierre.

ccfc1986 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by aigles

You execute your script with /bin/sh (line #1) which doesn't reconize the [[ ... ]] form of test.
You must use bash or ksh or replace [[ ... ]] by [ ... ]

There is no problem with spaces around the = operator.

Jean-Pierre.

Thank you Jean-Pierre for your persistence in regard to my problem. It is very much appreciated. My problem still stands, even with changing the #! line to /bin/bash .

I still get this:

sh-3.1$ ./wordspell testfile
hellio is mispelled. Press Enter to keep spelling, or type a correction here: hello
./wordspell: line 14: [[hello=]]: command not found
./wordspell: line 17: [1]=hello: command not found

Its got something to do with the arrays for sure - i have no idea why tho.

I might be thinking arrays too much like C++ arrays if that helps. lol. Anything is worth a look right?

Lakris · #6 (**permalink**) 11-09-2007

Quote:

if [[ "$correction" = "" ]] ; then

evaluates to

Quote:

if [[ hello= ]] ; then

and that is not a valid test. Try

Quote:

if [[ x"$correction" = x"" ]] ; then

instead,just to avoid problems with comparisons without something to compare with.

/Lakris

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