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AN 0.93(6)							    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/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 analyz‐
	      ing 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.

								    AN 0.93(6)

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