Executing spellcheck in terminal?

[$yregnar86]

I was in a Linux OS environment using some kind of slack-ware or virtual machine software practicing commands in terminal for a class today. I was using the command aspell to spell-check a file. Afterwards I got into terminal on my own mac-book pro and tried finding a similar command but couldn't. What is the syntax or command I would need to type to spell-check a file or is there one? I tried doing a whereis ?ispell command and whereis spell but didn't find anything.

 

[Weaselboy]

You can right click a word and select "Lookup" ot use the built in OS X spell check. Or for text based Terminal spell checking you can install aspell.

I have not used aspell, so can't comment on how well it works.

 

[kryten2]

Info : terminal_101_spell_check_your_documents

Edit : Nevermind. Weaselboy already beat me to it

 

[$yregnar86]

how would I download those required files to be able to install the spell checker?

 

[kryten2]

how would I download those required files to be able to install the spell checker?

Did you read the info on the link provided? You probably missed this :

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The installation of MacPorts is a little easier. However, you still need to have downloaded and installed the Command Line Tools for Xcode.