Re: Crossword helper
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008, Raphael Mankin wrote:-
egrep 'a..o' /usr/share/dict/words
produces 15738 matches.
For all words containing 5 or more vowels in a row (y is a consonant)
egrep '[aeiou][aeiou][aeiou][aeiou][aeiou]' /usr/share/dict/words
Or the same with much less typing:
egrep '[aeiou]{5,}' /usr/share/dict/words
Regards,
David Bolt
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