#!/bin/bash
# agram.sh: Playing games with anagrams.

# Find anagrams of...
LETTERSET=etaoinshrdlu
FILTER='.......'       # How many letters minimum?
#       1234567

anagram "$LETTERSET" | # Find all anagrams of the letterset...
grep "$FILTER" |       # With at least 7 letters,
grep '^is' |           # starting with 'is'
grep -v 's$' |         # no plurals
grep -v 'ed$'          # no past tense verbs
# Possible to add many combinations of conditions and filters.

#  Uses "anagram" utility
#+ that is part of the author's "yawl" word list package.
#  http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/libs/yawl-0.3.2.tar.gz
#  http://bash.deta.in/yawl-0.3.2.tar.gz

exit 0                 # End of code.


bash$ sh agram.sh
islander
isolate
isolead
isotheral



#  Exercises:
#  ---------
#  Modify this script to take the LETTERSET as a command-line parameter.
#  Parameterize the filters in lines 11 - 13 (as with $FILTER),
#+ so that they can be specified by passing arguments to a function.

#  For a slightly different approach to anagramming,
#+ see the agram2.sh script.