NAME

words -- find words which can be made from a string of letters

SYNOPSIS

words [-w word-file] [-m min-length] <letters>

DESCRIPTION

words prints all the uncapitalized words in the word list that can be made from the string of letters. Each letter can appear in a word once for each time it appears in the string.

OPTIONS

words accepts the following options:

-w word-file

By default, words looks for a word-file named 'wordlist' in the same directory as the executable. Use the -w option to specify the path to an alternate word list.

-m min-length

By default, words prints words of any length that can be made from the string of letters. Use the -m option to specify the minimum length of each word. words will skip any words that are less than the specified length.

FILES

wordlist the list of words, found with the executable

BUGS

This implementation of words has no known bugs.

REVISION HISTORY

$Log: words,v $
Revision 1.1.1.1  2001/06/06 08:55:24  sdague
initial import

Revision 1.1  2001/05/14 00:49:40  sdague
added more files

Revision 1.1  1999/13/06 21:57:42  rjk
Initial revision

AUTHOR

This implementation of words in Perl was written by Ronald J Kimball, rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu.

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE

This program is copyright 1999 by Ronald J Kimball.

This program is free and open software. You may use, modify, or distribute this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others from doing the same.