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spell(1) General Commands Manual spell(1) NAME spell, spellin, spellout - Finds spelling errors SYNOPSIS spell [-b] [-i|-l] [-v|-x] [-d hash_list] [-s hash_stop] [-h his- tory_list] [+word_list] [file...] spellin [list] [number] spellout [-d] list The spell command reads words in file and compares them to those in a spelling list. Default files contain English words only, but you can supply your own list of words in other languages. STANDARDS Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry stan- dards as follows: spell: XPG4, XPG4-UNIX Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about in- dustry standards and associated tags. OPTIONS [DIGITAL] The following options are for the spell command only. Checks for correct British spelling. Besides preferring centre, colour, programme, speciality, travelled, and so on, this option causes spell to insist upon the use of the infix -ise in words like standard- ise. [DIGITAL] Specifies hash_list as the alternate spelling list. The default is /usr/lbin/spell/hlist[ab]. [DIGITAL] Specifies his- tory_list as the alternate history list that is used to accumulate all output. The default is /usr/lbin/spell/spellhist. [DIGITAL] Sup- presses processing of included files through the and troff macros. If the -i and -l options are both specified, the last one of the two op- tions entered on the command line takes effect. [DIGITAL] Follows the chain of all included files (.so and spell(1)