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


read -p "Enter a file name: " fileName

ispell fileName

Quote:

Originally Posted by negzero7 my linux version doesn't have aspell

You can install aspell on any version of Linux.

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


read -p "Enter a file name: " fileName

ispell fileName

Code:

read -ep "Enter a file name: " fileName
ispell "$fileName"

Quote:

Originally Posted by negzero7 I had -p and you changed it to -ep, whats the difference?

Code:

$ help read
  ...
  If -e is supplied and the shell is interactive, readline is used to obtain the line.
  ...