lt-expand(1)

NAME

lt-expand – dictionary expander for Apertium

SYNOPSIS

lt-expand [-a | -v | -l | -r | -m | -h] dictionary_file [output_file]

DESCRIPTION

lt-expand is the application responsible for expanding a dictionary into a simple list of input string-output string pairs by eliminating paradigms through substitution and unfolding.

The output goes to output_file if it is present or to standard output if it is missing.

OPTIONS

-a, --alt

Sets the value of the alt attribute to use in expansion

-v, --var

Sets the value of the v attribute to use in expansion of monodixes

-l, --var-left

Sets the value of the vl attribute to use in expansion of bidixes

-r, --var-right

Sets the value of the vr attribute to use in expansion of bidixes

-m, --keep-boundaries

Keep any morpheme boundaries defined by the <m/> symbol

-h, --help

Prints a short help message

FILES

dictionary_file

The input dictionary to expand.

output_file

Text containing the expanded dictionary information.

SEE ALSO

apertium(1), apertium-tagger(1), lt-comp(1), lt-proc(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005, 2006 Universitat d'Alacant / Universidad de Alicante. This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.

BUGS

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