PREP(CT)                 XENIX System V                  PREP(CT)



     Name
          prep - Prepares text for statistical processing.

     Syntax
          prep [ -diop ] file ...

     Description
          prep reads each file in sequence and writes it on the
          standard output, one ``word'' to a line.  A word is a string
          of alphabetic characters and imbedded apostrophes, delimited
          by space or punctuation.  Hyphenated words are broken apart;
          hyphens at the end of lines are removed and the hyphenated
          parts are joined.  Strings of digits are discarded.

          The following option letters may appear in any order:

          -d   Prints the word number (in the input stream) with each
               word.

          -i   Takes the next file as an ``ignore'' file.  These words
               will not appear in the output.  (They will be counted,
               for purposes of the -d count.)

          -o   Takes the next file as an ``only'' file.  Only these
               words will appear in the output.  (All other words will
               also be counted for the -d count.)

          -p   Includes punctuation marks (single nonalphanumeric
               characters) as separate output lines.  The punctuation
               marks are not counted for the -d count.

          The ignore and only files contain words, one per line.

     See Also
          deroff(CT)

     Notes
          prep ignores any nroff/troff commands it may find in a file.
          In some cases, it may mistake sentences that begin with a
          period or a quote as nroff/troff commands and ignore them.















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