PREP

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NAME

prep - prepare text for statistical processing  

SYNOPSIS

prep [ -dio ] file ...  

DESCRIPTION

Prep reads each file in sequence and writes it on the standard output, one `word' to a line. A word is a string of alphabetic characters and imbedded apostrophes, delimited by space or punctuation. Hyphented words are broken apart; hyphens at the end of lines are removed and the hyphenated parts are joined. Strings of digits are discarded.

The following option letters may appear in any order:

-d
Print the word number (in the input stream) with each word.
-i
Take the next file as an `ignore' file. These words will not appear in the output. (They will be counted, for purposes of the -d count.)
-o
Take the next file as an `only' file. Only these words will appear in the output. (All other words will also be counted for the -d count.)
-p
Include punctuation marks (single nonalphanumeric characters) as separate output lines. The punctuation marks are not counted for the -d count.

Ignore and only files contain words, one per line.  

SEE ALSO

deroff(1)


 

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