Re: Re: List of dictionary words

FROM : Eric
DATE : Thu Aug 03 21:41:34 2006

Thanks, that's what I was looking for.  Apologies for the off topic post.

On 8/2/06, <email_removed> <<email_removed>> wrote:
> > I know somwhere in on my Mac there's a file containing a comprehensive
> > list of English words, used for spell check I believe, which could be
> > accessed via the Terminal.  I've used the list before, but now
> > couldn't figure out where it is.  Could someone enlightenment me to
> > its location?
>
> /usr/share/dict
>
> Traditionally you'd use "words", but I in my experience (pre-Tiger)
> there are plenty of things in there which aren't words, and plenty of
> words which aren't in there.  Although we now have web2 and web2a, of
> which the README says:
>
> > #      $NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1997/03/26 07:14:32 mikel Exp $
> > #      @(#)README      8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
> >
> > WEB ---- (introduction provided by <email_removed>)
> > -------------------------
> >
> > Welcome to web2 (Webster's Second International) all 234,936 words
> > worth.
> > The 1934 copyright has elapsed, according to the supplier.  The
> > supplemental 'web2a' list contains hyphenated terms as well as
> > assorted
> > noun and adverbial phrases.  The wordlist makes a dandy 'grep' victim.
> >
> >      -- James A. Woods    {ihnp4,hplabs}!ames!jaw    (or <email_removed>)
>
> Also, words is now just a link to web2.  Hopefully that means the
> problems I mentioned are long gone.
>
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