https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein
Levenshtein algorithm CLI
https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein
edit-distance levenshtein levenshtein-distance similarity
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Levenshtein algorithm CLI
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein
- Owner: wooorm
- License: mit
- Created: 2015-05-03T09:44:42.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2020-06-16T09:17:34.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-29T07:33:51.058Z (28 days ago)
- Topics: edit-distance, levenshtein, levenshtein-distance, similarity
- Language: Shell
- Size: 16.6 KB
- Stars: 10
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- Funding: funding.yml
- License: license
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README
# levenshtein(1)
[![Build][build-badge]][build]
Vladimir Levenshtein’s edit distance algorithm[1][wiki] as a UNIX
command. There’s also a C library: [levenshtein(3)][lib], and a
[JavaScript version][js].
## Installation
With CLib:
```bash
$ clib install wooorm/levenshtein
```
Or Git clone, and then:
```bash
$ make install
```
## Usage
```text
Usage: levenshtein
Levenshtein algorithm CLI
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-v, --version output version number
Usage:
# output distance
$ levenshtein sitting kitten
# 3
```
## License
[MIT][] © [Titus Wormer][author]
[build-badge]: https://img.shields.io/travis/wooorm/levenshtein.svg
[build]: https://travis-ci.org/wooorm/levenshtein
[wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance
[lib]: https://github.com/wooorm/levenshtein.c
[js]: https://github.com/words/levenshtein-edit-distance
[mit]: license
[author]: https://wooorm.com