How to Linux and Open Source -- Tip 23 : look

TIP 23:

     Looking up the Spelling of a Word.

        $ look <partial spelling>

     so the following will list all words that
     start with stuff

        $ look stuff
           stuff
           stuffage
           stuffata
           stuffed
           stuffender
           stuffer
           stuffers
           stuffgownsman
           stuffier
           stuffiest
           stuffily
           stuffiness
           stuffinesses
           stuffiness's
           stuffing
           stuffings
           stuffing's
           stuffless
           stuffs
           stuffy

     It helps to have a large "linuxwords" dictionary.  You can download
     a much bigger dictionary from the following:

              http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/souptonuts/linuxwords.1.tar.gz?download

     Note: vim users can setup the .vimrc file with the following. Now when you type 
       CTL-X CTL-T in insert mode, you'll get a thesaurus lookup.

           set dictionary+=/usr/share/dict/words
           set thesaurus+=/usr/share/dict/words

     Or, you can call aspell with the F6 command after putting the folling entry in your
     .vimrc file

           :nmap <F6> :w<CR>:!aspell -e -c %<CR>:e<CR>

     Now, hit F6 when you're in vim, and you'll get a spell checker.


     There is also an X Windows dictionary that runs with the following command.

           $ gnome-dictionary