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.\"    Manual: Manticore Search
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.SH "NAME"
spelldump \- Manticore Search tool for extract the contents of a dictionary file\&.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBspelldump\fR\ 'u
\fBspelldump\fR [OPTIONS] dictionary affix [result] [locale\-name]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Manticore Search is a collection of programs that aim to provide high quality fulltext search\&.
.PP
spelldump is used to extract the contents of a dictionary file that uses ispell or MySpell format, which can help build word lists for wordforms \- all of the possible forms are pre\-built for you\&.
.PP
The two main parameters are the dictionary\*(Aqs main file and its affix file; usually these are named as
[language\-prefix]\&.dict
and
[language\-prefix]\&.aff
and will be available with most common Linux distributions, as well as various places online\&.
\fB[result]\fR
specifies where the dictionary data should be output to, and
\fB[locale\-name]\fR
additionally specifies the locale details you wish to use\&.
.PP
Examples of its usage are:
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
spelldump en\&.dict en\&.aff
spelldump ru\&.dict ru\&.aff ru\&.txt ru_RU\&.CP1251
spelldump ru\&.dict ru\&.aff ru\&.txt \&.1251
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
The results file will contain a list of all the words in the dictionary in alphabetical order, output in the format of a wordforms file, which you can use to customise for your specific circumstances\&.
.PP
An example of the result file:
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
zone > zone
zoned > zoned
zoning > zoning 
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-c\fR\ \&\fI[FILE]\fR
.RS 4
specifies a file for case conversion details\&.
.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Manticore Software LTD (http://manticoresearch\&.com)
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
Copyright 2017\-2019 Manticore Software LTD (http://manticoresearch\&.com), 2008\-2016 Sphinx Technologies Inc (http://sphinxsearch\&.com), 2001\-2016 Andrew Aksyonoff
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBindexer\fR(1),
\fBindextool\fR(1)\&.
.PP
Manticore Search and it\*(Aqs programs are documented fully by the
\fIManticore Search reference manual\fR
available in
/usr/share/doc/manticore\&.