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NAME¶
an - Anagram generatorSYNOPSIS¶
an [-w] [-c string] [-d dictionary] [-l number_words] [-m word_length] [-u string] [-n number_anagrams] [-h] [-v] [--words] [--contain string] [--dict dictionary] [--length number_words] [--minimum word_length] [--used string] [--number number_anagrams] [--help] [--version] PHRASEDESCRIPTION¶
an finds all anagrams which can be made from the letters in PHRASE, using words in the specified dictionary. The default is to use /usr/share/dict/words.OPTIONS¶
- -w, --words
- Print words that the letters in PHRASE can make, then exit.
- -c, --contain string
- Only print anagrams which contain string.
- -d, --dict dictionary
- Use dictionary file to find words which the letters in PHRASE can make.
- -m, --minimum word_length
- Only include word which are at least word_length long.
- -u, --used string
- Considers that letters in string have already used when analyzing letters in PHRASE. Like --contain but doesn't print out string.
- -l, --length number_words
- Finds anagrams which have a maximum of number_words words in them. This is very useful when number of anagrams which are output is large.
- -n, --number number_anagrams
- Stops after finding number_anagrams anagrams.
- -h, --help
- Print a usage message on standard output, then exit.
- -v, --version
- Print version information on standard output, then exit.
EXAMPLE¶
an -c imp 'Paul Martin'Finds anagrams for Paul Martin which contain the word imp.
AUTHOR¶
Paul Martin <pm@debian.org>THANKS¶
Richard Jones (richard@deep-thought.org) - Coding and algorithm design of original version.Julian Assange (proff@suburbia.net) - Algorithm design of original version.
Please note that the email addresses for Richard and Julian are from over ten years ago and probably no longer work.