booky
| Crates.io | booky |
| lib.rs | booky |
| version | 0.8.0 |
| created_at | 2025-04-27 13:07:20.742803+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-09-14 17:02:35.843929+00 |
| description | A tool to analyze English text |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/DougLau/booky/ |
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Douglas Lau (DougLau)
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A tool to analyze English text
Installation:
cargo install booky
Lexicon
The word sub-command lists words from the built-in lexicon.
- Looks up all entries matching the provided word
- With no options, all entries are listed
- The
-foption lists all known word forms - The
-coption filters words by class. Provide a comma-separated list to specify classes:
| Option | Word Class |
|---|
A | Adjective
Av | Adverb
C | Conjunction
D | Determiner
I | Interjection
N | Noun
P | Preposition
Pn | Pronoun
V | Verb
Reading a Text
The read sub-command reads UTF-8 text from stdin, which can be redirected
from a file. With no additional options, a summary of token kinds is listed:
> booky read < Dr_Jeckyll_And_Mr_Hyde.txt
3915 l Lexicon
1 f Foreign
4 o Ordinal
0 r Roman
2 n Number
12 a Acronym
37 p Proper
16 s Symbol
7 u Unknown
Comma-separated options can be added to list all tokens of a kind.
| Option | Kind | Description |
|---|
l | Lexicon | Found in built-in lexicon
f | Foreign | Foreign words (non-English)
o | Ordinal | Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, etc.)
r | Roman | Roman numerals (IV, LXI, etc.)
n | Number | Other words containing numbers
a | Acronym | Acronyms / initialisms (ALL-CAPS)
p | Proper | Proper names / nouns
s | Symbol | Symbols / letters
u | Unknown | Unknown (no other kind)
A | All | All kinds
Highlighting
The hl sub-command adds highlighting to a text.