---
name: "duali"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "duali"
version: "0.2.0-1.2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/duali"
---

# duali(1)

The Arabic Spell Checker.

## NAME

duali - The Arabic Spell Checker.

## SYNOPSIS

**duali** -c filename \[OPTIONS\]*...*

## DESCRIPTION

**duali** is the Arabic spell checker that is open source and can run across  multiple platforms.

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-V, --version**

  Show version of program.

- **-c, --check= filename**

  File to spellcheck (required)

- **-C, --charset**

  Select character encoding (cp1256, utf-8)

- **-n, --normalize**

  Switch normalize mode off (default on). The normalize mode strips all diacritic marks from the spell checked text (recommended).

- **-p, --path**

  Path to dictionary database (this option should probably be set in your configuration file).

- **-v, --verbose**

  Verbose out (for debugging)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was originally written by Mohammed Sameer \<uniball@gmx.net\> and later modified and adapted by Mohammed Elzubeir \<elzubeir@arabeyes.org\>.