[翻译]通过Unix命令行成为一个优秀的写作者
Become a Better Writer from Unix Command Line
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在本文中我们介绍如何利用Unix/Linux命令行来纠正单词的拼写，确认单词的解释，确认单词的反义词。
1.根据开始的某几个字符串查找单词
命令 look
$ look typogr
typograph
typographer
typographers
typographia
typographic
typographical
typographically
typographies
typographist
typography
输入“typogr”，会显示以这些字符开头的单词
译注：首次使用可能需要安装字典，Ubuntu用户可以通过新德利安装wamerican, wbritish
2.查找单词的正确解释
命令 mean
利用mean命令可以显示单词的正确解释
$ mean philosophy
Overview of noun philosophy
The noun philosophy has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (12) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism — (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
2. (8) philosophy — (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
3. (1) philosophy — (any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father’s philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun philosophy
3 senses of philosophy
Sense 1
doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
=> belief
Sense 2
philosophy
=> humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
Sense 3
philosophy
=> belief
3.查找单词的正确解释
命令 dict
dict命令显示dict.org网站中给出单词的解释
$ dict philosophy
…
1. Literally, the love of, inducing the search after, wisdom;
in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained
by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and
laws.
[1913 Webster]
译注：Ubuntu用户可以通过新德利安装
4.在Vi/Vim编辑器中查询单词的解释
在编辑器配置文件中添加如下快捷脚本
map <F3> :exe ":!dict ".expand("<cword>")
想要查找单词的解释只需按下F3
如果你不怎么熟悉vim中的map指令，可以阅读我们的Vim小贴示Vi/Vim Editor Macro, Mark and Map Examples.
5.查找反义词 命令 wn
命令wn可以利用参数查找不同词性的反义词
$ wn search-str -antsa
*
WordNet command
* search-str: 需要查询的单词
* -antsa: 反义词参数
(n | v | a | r) – 名词反义词 | 动词 | 形容词 | 副词
译注：Ubuntu用户可以通过新德利安装
6.如果都不行，试试谷歌
define: 单词