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WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1)  Aspell Abbreviated User's Manual	 WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1)

NAME
       word-list-compress - word list compressor/decompressor for GNU Aspell

SYNOPSIS
       word-list-compress c[ompress] | d[ecompress]

DESCRIPTION
       word-list-compress compresses or	decompresses sorted word lists for use
       with the	GNU Aspell spell checker.

COMMANDS
       -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.

EXAMPLES
       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.

TIPS
       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)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Word-list-compress normally exits with a	return code of 0.  If  it  en-
       counters	an error, a message is sent to standard	error output (stderr),
       and  word-list-compress exits with a non-zero return value.  Error mes-
       sages 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 decompress-
	      ing 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.

SEE ALSO
       aspell(1), aspell-import(1), prezip-bin(1), run-with-aspell(1)

       Aspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual.  See the `aspell' en-
       try in info for more complete documentation.

REPORTING BUGS
       For  help,  see the Aspell homepage at <http://aspell.net> and send bug
       reports/comments	to the Aspell user list	at the above address.

AUTHOR
       This manual page	was written  by	 Aaron	Lehmann	 <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
       Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> and Jose Da Silva	<digital@joescat.com>.

GNU				  2005-09-05		 WORD-LIST-COMPRESS(1)

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