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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
When "niuspell" is invoked from the command line it reads "file" and checks it for spelling of the words it contains. For each word that is found to be incorrect, the invoker is asked for either:
to insist on the spelling of the word.
to provide a replacement spelling
If the invoker insists on the spelling of the word, then niuspell will remember it. niuspell remembers words in the file ".niuspelled" in the invoker's home directory. Any further invocation of niuspell by the same invoker will consider the word to be correct. Otherwise, the invoker is prompted for a replacement spelling. As output, niuspell produces a 2-column-ed list of words, the left column lists incorrectly spelled words, the right column lists their replacement as given by the invoker. The list is produced after the invoker has answered to all incorrectly spelled words....
Everything works fine except the "insisted on words" appear in the "misspelled" column after the first invocation and they are not supposed to. The subsequent invocations don't list the insisted on words in the column, just the actual misspelled words. Any help will be appreciated.
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3. The attempts at a solution (include all code and scripts): 4. Complete Name of School (University), City (State), Country, Name of Professor, and Course Number (Link to Course):
Northern Illinois University, Mr. Ege, csci 330
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spell(1) General Commands Manual spell(1)NAME
spell, hashmake, spellin, hashcheck - find spelling errors
SYNOPSIS
local_file] [files]
n
spelling_list
DESCRIPTION
The command collects words from the named files and looks them up in a spelling list. Words that neither occur among nor are derivable (by
applying certain inflections, prefixes, and/or suffixes) from words in the spelling list are printed on the standard output. If no files
are named, words are collected from the standard input.
The command ignores most and eqn constructions.
Options
The command recognizes the following options:
All words not literally in the spelling list are printed,
and plausible derivations from the words in the spelling list are indicated.
British spelling is checked.
Besides preferring etc., this option insists upon in certain words, such as in
Every plausible stem is printed with
for each word.
By default, follows chains of included files much like (see deroff(1)) which recognizes the intrinsics and the names of such included files
begin with If the option is used, follows the chains of included files. With the option, ignores all chains of included files.
If the option is used, words found in local_file are removed from output. local_file is the name of a user-provided file containing a
sorted list of words, one per line. With this option, the user can specify a set of words that are correct spellings (in addition to
spell's own spelling list) for each job.
The spelling list is based on many sources, and while more haphazard than an ordinary dictionary, is also more effective with respect to
proper names and popular technical words. Coverage of the specialized vocabularies of biology, medicine, and chemistry is light.
Pertinent auxiliary files can be specified by name arguments, indicated below with their default settings (see FILES and VARIABLES).
Copies of all output are accumulated in the history file. The stop list filters out misspellings (such as that would otherwise pass.
Three routines help maintain and check the hash lists used by
Reads a list of words from the standard input and
writes the corresponding nine-digit hash code on the standard output. This program only accepts words that are up to
30 characters long. When words exceeding 30 characters are encountered, a diagnostic message is displayed on stan-
dard error.
Reads n hash codes from the standard input and writes a compressed spelling list on the standard output. Information about
the hash coding is printed on standard error.
Reads a compressed
spelling_list and recreates the nine-digit hash codes for all the words in it; it writes these codes on the standard
output.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
Your hashed spelling list (default is
Spelling history (default is
Your hashed stop list (default is
Directory for temporary files; overrides the default
EXAMPLES
To check spelling of a single word:
If word is spelled correctly, a prompt is returned. If it is spelled incorrectly, word is printed before the prompt is returned. To check
spelling of multiple words, they can also be typed as a group on the same command line:
To create a personal spelling list that incorporates the words already present in the default American spelling list file
To modify the default British spelling list file replace all occurrences of with in the above example.
To add words to the default spelling list, change login to change the current working directory to and execute the commands listed in the
above example.
WARNINGS
The spelling list's coverage is uneven. When undertaking the use of as a new tool, it may be advisable to monitor the output for several
months to gather local additions. Typically, these are kept in a separate local file that is added to the hashed spelling_list via as
shown above.
The British spelling feature was developed by an American.
Start-up versions of files and are available in directory If these files or a suitable equivalent are not present in directory complains:
The command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards. Applications using this command might not be portable to other vendors' sys-
tems.
FILES
Hashed spelling lists, American and British.
Hashed stop list.
History file.
Executable program file.
SEE ALSO deroff(1), sed(1), sort(1), tbl(1), tee(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE spell(1)