XPost: rec.puzzles, comp.lang.lisp

richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) writes:

$ awk 'BEGIN {for(i=97; i<=118; i++) printf("%c.*%c.*%c.*%c.*%c\n", i,
i+1, i+2, i+3, i+4);}' | while read e; do grep -i $e
/usr/share/dict/words; done

Nice! That picked up "Kilimanjaro" which my more complicated Python
script missed, because it didn't case-fold.

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XPost: rec.puzzles, comp.lang.lisp

In article <87v7tabai9.fsf@nightsong.com>,
Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> wrote:

$ awk 'BEGIN {for(i=97; i<=118; i++) printf("%c.*%c.*%c.*%c.*%c\n", i,
i+1, i+2, i+3, i+4);}' | while read e; do grep -i $e
/usr/share/dict/words; done

Nice! That picked up "Kilimanjaro" which my more complicated Python
script missed, because it didn't case-fold.

Or, closer to (my) home, "Kilmarnock".

-- Richard

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