if we enter "r*et*y"; I presume we should get the following results:
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rackety
radial asymmetry
radial symmetry
red-letter day
regretfully
regrettably
repetitively
retaliatory
retentively
retentivity
reticently
retinopathy
retirement community
retributory
retroactively
retrospectively
retry
return key
revolutionary proletarian army
rhetorically
richard errett smalley
rickety
riemannian geometry
ringlet butterfly
rocketry
royal society
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which is like:
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cat wordlists/essential-wordnet-3-wordlist.txt |grep "^r.*et.*y$"
and I would like to have the ability to enter "a?e" to get these results
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ace
ade
age
ale
ane
ape
are
ate
awe
axe
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cat wordlists/essential-wordnet-3-wordlist.txt |grep "^a.e$"
in bash/grep/sed, "." (dot) is used as "?" single wild character! and ".*" (dot asterisk) as "*" any number of characters!
similarly entering "dict*" should get us:
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dictamnus
dictamnus alba
dictaphone
dictate
dictated
dictation
dictator
dictatorial
dictatorially
dictatorship
diction
dictionary
dictionary definition
dictionary entry
dictostylium
dictum
dictyophera
dictyoptera
dictyopteran
dictyopterous insect
dictyosome
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cat wordlists/essential-wordnet-3-wordlist.txt |grep "^dict.*$"
and finally "*yist" should get me:
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accompanyist
copyist
essayist
hobbyist
lobbyist
trotskyist
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cat wordlists/essential-wordnet-3-wordlist.txt |grep "^.*yist$"
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Please try to implement "Wildcards" for better search capability. WordWeb32 pro has this feature.
