[Q] fuzzy grep?

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Robert Luoma wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 RL> I need what could be described as a fuzzy grep.
 RL> I need a pattern matcher, but it needs to make
 RL> allowances for exchanges of characters, missing, incorrect,
 RL> and extra characters and, if possible, give
 RL> a list of likely candidates.

The technical term for what you want would be a "soundex" match.

 RL> Does anyone know of
 RL> a free/shareware tool like this for Linux?

I don't know of any, but I'm sure this is possible.  National language issues
are a big problem with such software.
 
-- Mike