wordcheck

Name

wordcheck -- A command line spell checking script that quickly and easily checks a single word.

Synopsis

worcheck [options_to_pass_to_aspell] {word_to_check}

wordcheck {[--help] | [-V] }

Description

I wrote wordcheck because aspell requires a file to work on in order to spell check. Because creating and deleting a file just to spell check a single word is overkill, I went ahead and wrote this script. It simply automates this process. As I later found out, aspell can be piped words to check on the command line, but it doesn't offer its usual interface when doing so. Instead it simply outputs a list of all the possible words.

Options

wordcheck is capable of passing parameter/options to aspell. all options but the ones that the script recognizes are automatically passed, allowing the user to use any command in aspell (theoretically, there are practical constrictions).

--help: list simplistic usage information
-V: license and version information

Example:

$ wordcheck balh
checking balh
corrected word: blah

License

The script files are open source and licensed under GNU GPl v. 3.0. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html