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NAME
       an - Anagram generator

SYNOPSIS
       an  [-w]	[-c string] [-d	dictionary] [-l	number_words] [-m word_length]
       [-u string] [-n number_anagrams]	[-h] [-v] [--words] [--contain string]
       [--dict dictionary]  [--length  number_words]  [--minimum  word_length]
       [--used string] [--number number_anagrams] [--help] [--version] PHRASE

DESCRIPTION
       an finds	all anagrams which can be made from the	letters	in PHRASE, us-
       ing   words  in	the  specified	dictionary.  The  default  is  to  use
       /usr/share/dict/words.

OPTIONS
       -w, --words
	      Print words that the letters in PHRASE can make, then exit.

       -c, --contain string
	      Only print anagrams which	contain	string.

       -d, --dict dictionary
	      Use dictionary file to find words	which the  letters  in	PHRASE
	      can make.

       -m, --minimum word_length
	      Only include word	which are at least word_length long.

       -u, --used string
	      Considers	 that letters in string	have already used when analyz-
	      ing letters in PHRASE.  Like --contain  but  doesn't  print  out
	      string.

       -l, --length number_words
	      Finds  anagrams  which  have  a maximum of number_words words in
	      them.  This is very useful when number  of  anagrams  which  are
	      output is	large.

       -n, --number number_anagrams
	      Stops after finding number_anagrams anagrams.

       -h, --help
	      Print a usage message on standard	output,	then exit.

       -v, --version
	      Print version information	on standard output, then exit.

EXAMPLE
       an -c imp 'Paul Martin'

       Finds anagrams for Paul Martin which contain the	word imp.

AUTHOR
       Paul Martin <pm@debian.org>

THANKS
       Richard Jones (richard@deep-thought.org)
	 - Coding and algorithm	design of original version.

       Julian Assange (proff@suburbia.net)
	 - Algorithm design of original	version.

       Please  note  that  the email addresses for Richard and Julian are from
       over ten	years ago and probably no longer work.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) Paul Martin 2012. All rights reserved.

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