AN(6)
NAME
an - Anagram generator
SYNOPSIS
an [-w] [-c string] [-d dictionary] [-l number_words] [-m word_length] [-u string] [-n number_anagrams] [--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,
using words in the specified dictionary
(default=/usr/share/dict/words).
OPTIONS
- -w, --words
- Print words that PHRASE letters can make, then exit.
- -c, --contain string
- Only print anagrams which contain string
- -d, --dict dictionary
- Use dictionary file to find words which letters in PHRASE can make
- -m, --minimum word_length
- Only uses words which are at least word_length long.
- -u, --used string
- Considers that letters in string have already used when analyzing letters in PHRASE
- -l, --length number_words
- Finds anagrams which have a maximum of number_words words in them, very useful when number of anagrams output is large.
- -n, --number number_anagrams
- Specifies number_anagrams as the maximum number of anagrams to find.
- --help Print a usage message on standard output then exit
- --version
- Print version information on standard output then exit
EXAMPLE
an -c acid 'Richard Jones'
Finds anagrams for Richard Jones which contain the word acid
AUTHORS
- Richard Jones (richard@deep-thought.org)
- - Coding and algorithm design.
- Julian Assange (proff@suburbia.net)
- Algorithm design.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) Free Software Foundation, 1996.
Copyright (c) Richard Jones 1995, 1996, All rights reserved.
BUGS
Surely.
Please report any bugs to richard@deep-thought.org
- Suggestions and contributions are also welcome.