farcompilestrings(1)

✨ farcompilestrings(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the farcompilestrings manual page 💖 this is part of the User Commands crew, and it's lowkey iconic. sit down, get comfy, we're gonna compile some strings into a finite-state archive like it's nothing 🦋

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🌸 NAME 🌸

farcompilestrings — store compiled FSTs in a finite-state archive. it's giving "put it in the archive, bestie" 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

farcompilestrings [OPTIONS] [in1.txt [[in2.txt ...] out.far]]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically, no cap: it compiles a whole set of strings into FSTs and then stores them in a finite-state archive. that's the whole vibe ✨

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

quick heads up before we dive in, fr fr: boolean options accept either true or false as a value, and if you don't give them any value at all, they just implicitly mean true. main character energy 🫶

• --allow_negative_labels[=BOOLEAN] — allow negative labels. ⚠️ not recommended, bestie — it may cause conflicts. Default: false.
• --arc_type=TYPE — set the output arc type. Default: standard.
• --entry_type=TYPE — set the entry type: either file (one FST per file) or line (one FST per line). Default: line.
• --far_type=TYPE — set the FAR file format, one of default, fst, stlist, or sttable. Default: default.
• --file_list_input[=BOOLEAN] — each input file contains a list of files to be processed. Default: false.
• --fst_align[=BOOLEAN] — write FST data aligned where appropriate. Default: false.
• --fst_compat_symbols[=BOOLEAN] — require symbol tables to match when appropriate. Default: true.
• --fst_default_cache_gc[=BOOLEAN] — enable garbage collection of cache. Default: true.
• --fst_default_cache_gc_limit=N — set the cache byte size that triggers garbage collection. Default: 1048576.
• --fst_error_fatal[=BOOLEAN] — if true, FST errors are fatal. otherwise, returned objects are flagged as bad. for example, FSTs are returned with the kError property set to true, and FST weights set so that Member() returns false. Default: true.
• --fst_field_separator=STRING — set the characters used as a separator between printed fields. Default: " ".
• --fst_read_mode=STRING — set the default file reading mode for mappable files, either "read" or "map". Default: "read".
• --fst_type=TYPE — set the output FST type. Default: vector.
• --fst_verify_properties[=BOOLEAN] — verify fst properties queried by TestProperties. Default: false.
• --fst_weight_parentheses=STRING — set the characters enclosing the first weight of a printed composite weight (e.g., pair weight, tuple weight, and derived classes) to ensure proper I/O of nested composite weights. must have size 0 (none) or 2 (open and close parenthesis). Default: no parentheses.
• --fst_weight_separator=CHARACTER — set the character separator between printed composite weights. Default: comma.
• --generate_keys=N — generate N digit numeric keys. Default: use file basenames.
• --help[=BOOLEAN] — show usage information. Default: false.
• --helpshort[=BOOLEAN] — show brief usage information. Default: false.
• --initial-symbols[=BOOLEAN] — if --keep-symbols is true, store the symbol table for only the first FST in the archive. Default: true.
• --keep-symbols[=BOOLEAN] — store the symbol table in the FAR file. Default: false.
• --key_prefix=STRING — set the prefix to prepend to keys. Default: no prefix.
• --key_suffix=STRING — set the suffix to append to keys. Default: no suffix.
• --save_relabel_ipairs=FILENAME — save input relabel pairs to file. Default: do not save.
• --save_relabel_opairs=FILENAME — save output relabel pairs to file. Default: do not save.
• --symbols=FILENAME — read the label symbol table from a file. Default: do not read a table.
• --tmpdir=PATHNAME — set the temporary directory to use. Default: /tmp.
• --token_type=TYPE — set the token type, one of symbol, byte, or utf8. Default: symbol.
• --unknown-symbol=STRING — string to substitute for an unknown symbol.
• --v[=N] — set the verbosity level. Default: 0.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go bother these queens next, they're all in the same friend group 💖

farcreate(1), farequal(1), farextract(1), farinfo(1), farisomorphic(1), farprintstrings(1)

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