dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) (12/31/88)
I need to be able to find out what are all the words available in the hlista compressed spell file. But how do I do it??? -- Dan Troxel @ Handwriting Research Corporation - UUCP: ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan 2821 E. Camelback Road - Suite 600 - Phoenix, AZ 85016 WK 1-602-957-8870
friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) (01/02/89)
In article <197660@hrc.UUCP>, dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: > > I need to be able to find out what are all the words available in the > hlista compressed spell file. But how do I do it??? Write a program that will genererate every possible combination of letters up to some reasonable length (say, 15 letters). Pipe this through spell and capture the output. Words not in common are in the dictionary. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) Steve :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. ****Hi Mom!**** attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl -------Nancy Reagan on Usenix in San Diego: "Just say *go*"-------
alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) (01/05/89)
In article <197660@hrc.UUCP>, dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: > > I need to be able to find out what are all the words available in the > hlista compressed spell file. But how do I do it??? cat /usr/dict/words (if you have it) -alx
friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) (01/06/89)
In article <197660@hrc.UUCP>, dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: > > I need to be able to find out what are all the words available in the > hlista compressed spell file. But how do I do it??? In article <11481@reed.UUCP>, alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) writes: > cat /usr/dict/words > > (if you have it) For you BSD-ers, System V went to a hashed dictionary format, one that probably made it run a lot faster. On many machines (my 3B2, at least), there is no longer any /usr/dict/words :-(. This was probably done for security so that people won't use it to crack the password file :-). Steve -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. I speak for me only attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl -------Nancy Reagan on Usenix in San Diego: "Just say *go*"-------
guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) (01/07/89)
>For you BSD-ers, System V went to a hashed dictionary format, one >that probably made it run a lot faster. No, V7 used a hashed dictionary format; BSD uses the V7 version, and the S5 version is similar. V7 and BSD built it from "/usr/dict/words" (and some other stuff, like the American/British lists). Some release of S5 (or maybe some release prior to it) also eliminated "/usr/dict/words", perhaps for the reason you stated.
friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) (01/08/89)
In article <993@vsi.COM>, friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl) writes: > > For you BSD-ers, System V went to a hashed dictionary format... Gee, I don't remember the hashed stuff on BSD but I guess spell would have been unworkable had this not been the case. Thanks to Rich Adams :-) and Rick Salz :-) for the admonishments. Steve -- Stephen J. Friedl 3B2-kind-of-guy friedl@vsi.com V-Systems, Inc. I speak for me only attmail!vsi!friedl Santa Ana, CA USA +1 714 545 6442 {backbones}!vsi!friedl -------Nancy Reagan on Usenix in San Diego: "Just say *go*"-------