words

[Parr, James]

Does anyone know how to access the entire list of words in an Apple language dictionary?  I’m interested in oddities like words that end in -ling.  If I could access the word list, I could use SC or Grep to find them.

Thanks for any help.                                —Jim

"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure." -Czech  Proverb

[Mike Yenco]

Hi Jim,

I think you are probably looking for the UNIX standard words file which is a plain text file.  You can find it at:  /usr/share/dict/words/

Not sure on earlier versions of macOS, but in 10.13.4 the "words" file is an alias and if you select "Show Original" on it, you'll get the the file "web2" which is in the same directory.  I think that might be the file you are looking for.  You might also need to include the "web2a" file in your searches as well.  You can open the "README" file in that directory and it will explain what each contains so you can decide.

Hope this helps.

[Parr, James]

Thanks Mike, I’m sure that’s what I was looking for, but when I tried it in Terminal, I got “Permission denied.”  I have an idea why, but it’s pretty complicated.  I think the lesson for me may be it’s just been so long since I did anything that technical that it would take more time than I care to spend catching back up.

I appreciate your suggestion.                               —Jim

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[Russell Martin]

Here's a program that I threw together some years ago that does what you're asking about:

http://www.telekinetic.us/word-spelunker

[Parr, James]

Thank you, that’s excellent.  As a 32-bit app it may have a short life, but I’ll enjoy it in the meantime.

                               —Jim

Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed. Everything else is public relations.      --George Orwell

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[Russell Martin]

Short life? I made it in 2008. :-)

Also, confession time, I made it with Livecode and I already have a 64bit build of it, I just haven't posted it for download yet.

On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 10:10:24 PM UTC-6, Jim Parr wrote:

Thank you, that’s excellent.  As a 32-bit app it may have a short life, but I’ll enjoy it in the meantime.

                               —Jim

Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed. Everything else is public relations.      --George Orwell

On May 27, 2018, 6:05 PM -0500, Russell Martin <russell....@gmail.com>, wrote:

Here's a program that I threw together some years ago that does what you're asking about:

http://www.telekinetic.us/word-spelunker

On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 2:10:47 PM UTC-7, Jim Parr wrote:

Does anyone know how to access the entire list of words in an Apple language dictionary?  I’m interested in oddities like words that end in -ling.  If I could access the word list, I could use SC or Grep to find them.

Thanks for any help.                                —Jim

"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure." -Czech  Proverb

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[Russell Martin]

There is now a 64 bit build available at that same URL.

On Sunday, May 27, 2018 at 10:10:24 PM UTC-6, Jim Parr wrote:

Thank you, that’s excellent.  As a 32-bit app it may have a short life, but I’ll enjoy it in the meantime.

                               —Jim

Journalism is printing what someone else doesn't want printed. Everything else is public relations.      --George Orwell

On May 27, 2018, 6:05 PM -0500, Russell Martin <russell....@gmail.com>, wrote:

Here's a program that I threw together some years ago that does what you're asking about:

http://www.telekinetic.us/word-spelunker

On Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 2:10:47 PM UTC-7, Jim Parr wrote:

Does anyone know how to access the entire list of words in an Apple language dictionary?  I’m interested in oddities like words that end in -ling.  If I could access the word list, I could use SC or Grep to find them.

Thanks for any help.                                —Jim

"A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it's better to be thoroughly sure." -Czech  Proverb

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[Parr, James]

Got it, thanks!                                —Jim

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