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UNIX does provide some useful tools that can be used with any form of
document preparation. In particular, everyone should know about the
following ones.
- wc
- will count words and lines in a file.
- spell
- will check the spelling of words in a file and provide
a list of errors.
We particularly recommend the use of the latter...One other point ought to be mentioned here: laser printers are relatively
slow and are expensive to run. Draft sections of a document need not be
typeset simply for the purposes of proof-reading, and may simply
be printed out on the standard line-printer. Please avoid laserprinting your
output whenever possible.