1 .TH WORD\-LIST\-COMPRESS 1 "2005-09-05" "GNU" "Aspell Abbreviated User's Manual"
3 word\-list\-compress \- word list compressor/decompressor for GNU Aspell
6 \fBc\fR[\fBompress\fR] | \fBd\fR[\fBecompress\fR]
9 compresses or decompresses sorted word lists for use with the GNU Aspell
13 \fB\-c\fR, \fBc\fR, \fBcompress\fR
14 compress the plain text word list read from standard input.
16 \fB\-d\fR, \fBd\fR, \fBdecompress\fR
17 decompress the compressed word list read from standard input.
19 Here are a few examples of how you can use
20 .I word\-list\-compress
22 word\-list\-compress \fBd\fR <wordlist.cwl >wordlist.txt
23 Decompress file wordlist.cwl to text file wordlist.txt
25 word\-list\-compress \fBc\fR <wordlist.wl >wordlist.cwl 2>errors.txt
26 Compress wordlist.wl to wordlist.cwl and send any error messages to a
27 text file named errors.txt
29 LC_COLLATE\=C sort \-u <wordlist.txt \fB|\fR word\-list\-compress c >wordlist.cwl
30 Sort a word list, then pipe it to
31 .I word\-list\-compress
32 to create a compressed binary wordlist.cwl file.
34 word\-list\-compress d <words.cwl \fB|\fR aspell create master ./words.rws
35 Decompress a wordlist, then pipe it to
37 to create a spelling list. Please check the
39 info manual for proper usage and options.
41 .I Word\-list\-compress
42 is best used with sorted word list type files. It is not a general
43 purpose compression program since the resulting files may actually
46 .I Word\-list\-compress
47 accepts up to 255 text characters in the range of {0x21...0xFF}. If your
48 word list requires a larger character set for certain languages or
49 longer length for multi\-word, scientific, medical, technical or other
50 use, then it is recommended that you compress your word list using
54 .I Word\-list\-compress
55 normally exits with a return code of 0. If it encounters an error,
56 a message is sent to standard error output (stderr), and
57 .I word\-list\-compress
58 exits with a non-zero return value. Error messages are listed below:
60 \fB(display help/usage message)\fR
61 Unknown command given on the command line so
62 .I word\-list\-compress
63 displays a usage message to standard error output.
66 This is only for the decompression command \fBd\fR. The input file is
67 of an unknown format or the input file/stream is corrupted. You may
68 have some valid output, but
69 .I word\-list\-compress
70 could not complete the process. If the input file is a compressed
71 wordlist but you have no output file, then it may be a newer
73 version of compressed file, if so, try decompressing the file with
77 \fBOutput Data Error\fR
78 The output is full, write protected, or has an error and can no longer
83 .BR aspell\-import (1),
85 .BR run\-with\-aspell (1)
87 Aspell is fully documented in its Texinfo manual. See the
88 .RB "`\|" aspell "\|'"
91 for more complete documentation.
93 For help, see the Aspell homepage at <http://aspell.net> and send bug
94 reports/comments to the Aspell user list at the above address.
96 This manual page was written by Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com>,
97 Brian Nelson <pyro@debian.org> and Jose Da Silva <digital@joescat.com>.