AN 0.93(6)

NAME
an - Anagram generator

SYNOPSIS
an [-w] [-c string] [-d dictionary] [-l number_words] [-m word_length] [-u string] [-n number_anagrams] [--words] [--contain string] [--dict dictionary] [--length number_words] [--minimum word_length] [--used string] [--number number_anagrams] [--help] [--version] PHRASE

DESCRIPTION
an finds all anagrams which can be made from the letters in PHRASE, using words in the specified dictionary (default=/usr/share/dict/words).

OPTIONS

-w, --words
    Print words that PHRASE letters can make, then exit.

-c, --contain string
    Only print anagrams which contain string

-d, --dict dictionary
    Use dictionary file to find words which letters in PHRASE can make

-m, --minimum word_length
    Only uses words which are at least word_length long.

-u, --used string
    Considers that letters in string have allready used when analyzing letters in PHRASE

-l, --length number_words
    Finds anagrams which have a maximum of number_words words in them, very useful when number of anagrams output is large.

-n, --number number_anagrams
    Specifies number_anagrams as the maximum number of anagrams to find.

--help
    Print a usage message on standard output then exit

--version
    Print version information on standard output then exit

EXAMPLE

an -c acid 'Richard Jones'

Finds anagrams for Richard Jones which contain the word acid

AUTHORS

Richard Jones (richard@deep-thought.org)
      - Coding and algorithm design.

Julian Assange (proff@suburbia.net)

  - Algorithm design.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) Free Software Foundation, 1996. Copyright (c) Richard Jones 1995, 1996, All rights reserved.

BUGS

Surely. Please report any bugs to richard@deep-thought.org Suggestions and contributions are also welcome.