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From: sohan@im4u.UUCP
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Subject: ispell
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Date: Sat, 21-Mar-87 05:32:37 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 21 05:32:37 1987
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Reply-To: sohan@im4u.UUCP (Sohan Ramakrishna Pillai)
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	I have been seeing a lot of discussion about ispell (an interactive
spelling checker) on the net. I have always used a shellscript like

echo $1 |spell

to check spellings interactively. How is ispell superior to the above script
or any appropriate modification of it to achieve similar functionality using
the UNIX spell utility. I don't seem to be able to glean this info from
the man pages of ispell, but I am sure there must be, since sentient beings
seem to be discussing ispell seriously. Could someone enlighten me on this?

Thanks in advance

Sohan