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an

an — Anagram generator

Synopsis

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] PHRASE

Description

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.