Works for me. ;-) Did you try looking in /usr/share/dict? It's a directory now.
(This was on OSX Leopard) --Don Ellis [15:21:45]:<ttys001>:[email protected]:/usr/share/dict 5 $ grep -i '^.eq' /usr/share/dict/web2 Aequi Aequian Aequiculi Aequipalpia aequoreal bequalm bequeath bequeathable bequeathal bequeather bequeathment bequest bequirtle bequote cequi dequeen jequirity Pequot requalification requalify requarantine requeen requench request requester requestion requiem Requienia requiescence requin requirable require requirement requirer requisite requisitely requisiteness requisition requisitionary requisitioner requisitionist requisitor requisitorial requisitory requit requitable requital requitative requite requiteful requitement requiter requiz requotation requote sequa sequacious sequaciously sequaciousness sequacity Sequan Sequani Sequanian sequel sequela sequelae sequelant sequence sequencer sequency sequent sequential sequentiality sequentially sequently sequest sequester sequestered sequesterment sequestra sequestrable sequestral sequestrate sequestration sequestrator sequestratrices sequestratrix sequestrectomy sequestrotomy sequestrum sequin sequitur Sequoia tequila Tequistlateca Tequistlatecan zequin On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can I find all English words whose second and third letters are E > and Q (e.g. sequence)? > > Back in the Old Days(TM), Unix had a dictionary file which easily > could be grep'ed for such information: > > $ grep -i '^.eq' /usr/share/dict > > How does one do it These Days(TM)? Can it be done at the command > line? Can it be done with Google? > > Regards, > - Robert > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
