---
name: "word-at-a-time"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ncbi-entrez-direct"
version: "24.0.20250523+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/word-at-a-time"
---

# word-at-a-time(1)

parse an input file into alphanumeric words

## NAME

word-at-a-time - parse an input file into alphanumeric words

## SYNOPSIS

**word-at-a-time**

## DESCRIPTION

**word-at-a-time** reads a text file from standard input, extracts all sequences of digits and English letters, lowercases any capital letters, and prints the resulting terms in input order, one per line.

## SEE ALSO

[**accn-at-a-time**(1)](/accn-at-a-time/1.md), [**filter-stop-words**(1)](/filter-stop-words/1.md), [**join-into-groups-of**(1)](/join-into-groups-of/1.md), [**pair-at-a-time**(1)](/pair-at-a-time/1.md), [**xsearch**(1)](/xsearch/1.md).