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PHRAZE(1)                         phraze 0.4                         PHRAZE(1)

NAME
       phraze - Generate a list of valid word combinations for a phone number

SYNOPSIS
       phraze [options] number ...

DESCRIPTION
       Phraze produces a list of the combinations of valid words for a phone
       number.

OPTIONS
       -?, --help
           Display a help message.

       -l NUM[%], --length=NUM[%]
           Print only with a word of NUM matching characters, or NUM minimum
           percentage of the length of the input number.

       -t NUM[%], --total=NUM[%]
           Print only with a total of NUM matching characters, or NUM minimum
           percentage of the length of the input number."

       -v, --version
           Display version information and exit.

       -V, --verbose
           Display normally suppressed output, for debugging purposes.

EXAMPLES
           % phraze 333-328-8283

       Produces a list of the matching words, including:

               effectuate
               defeat Tate
               defect Tate
               effect Tate
               defeat 8 Ave
               defeat 8 Bud
               defeat 8 ate
               defeat 8 ave
               defeat 8 bud

           ... and around 225,000 other combinations.

           % phraze --extended

       Use the extended dictionary, which is very long and very CPU- and
       memory-intensive, and uses many obscure words and abbreviations.

           % phraze -l 6 555-8343

       Produces a list for the number, where there is at least a six-letter
       word in the word combination. (The result is "5 kludge".)

ENVIRONMENT
       PHRAZE_DIR
           The directory containing the phraze input file. By default, this is
           /usr/local/share/phraze.

AUTHOR
       Jeff Pace <jpace@incava.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2002, Jeff Pace.

       All Rights Reserved. This module is free software. It may be used,
       redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Lesser GNU Public
       License. See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html for more
       information.

phraze 0.4                        2005-07-31                         PHRAZE(1)