shpell - a command line Spell Checker
shpell is a small spell checker for plain text files, written as a POSIX compliant shell script. It also has an option to rudimentarily strip away HTML tags from the input. It can operate on STDIN as well as files. It can also keep a per-user personal dictionary, providing a facility to list, add and remove words without affecting the system-wide dictionary file.
Download
The latest release is v1.1 (2020-06-11)
Notes
In a famous UNIX infomercial made by Bell Labs in the early 1980s, Brian W. Kernighan is constructing a small spell checker to demonstrate the use of UNIX shell pipes. While doing so, he's casually resting his terminal keyboard on his outstretched legs and looks very cool and laid back. This is my attempt at emulating that behavior, in the hope that I too will one day become cool.
Shpell is linted with shellcheck. This page has been checked with shpell.
Known Issues
- Tested with English dictionaries only.
- HTML tag stripping is rudimentary at best.
- Files with a lot of Unicode punctuation marks will likely cause problems.
Screenshot
Example shpell session.