---
name: "defmt-c"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ispell"
version: "3.4.06-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/defmt-c"
---

# defmt-c(1)

a sample ispell deformatter for C, C++, and shell sources

## NAME

defmt-c, defmt-sh - a sample ispell deformatter for C, C++, and shell sources

## SYNOPSIS

**ispell -F defmt-c** \[*ispell\_options*\]\
 **ispell -F defmt-sh** \[*ispell\_options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **defmt-c** and **defmt-sh** programs are sample deformatter provided primarily to show how to write filters for use with [**ispell**(1)](/ispell/1.md)'s *-F* switch.  They allow [**ispell**(1)](/ispell/1.md) to be used to check C and C++ programs as well as shell scripts (and any other languages that use # for comments and both quote styles for strings).

## SEE ALSO

[**ispell**(1)](/ispell/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Geoff Kuennin \<geoff@cs.hmc.edu\>

This manual page was written by Robert Luberda \<robert@debian.org\> (based on deformatters/README file from the ispell source package) for the Debian project (and may be used by others).