NGRAMSORT(1)

✨ NGRAMSORT — the ngramsort(1) glow-up ✨

okay bestie, pull up a chair, we're sorting ngrams and we're gonna look cute doing it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ngramsort — literally the manual page for ngramsort version 1.3.17, no cap

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: it sorts an ngram LM in lexicographic state context order. That's it. That's the whole job. She's a one-trick pony and she ate. 👑

Usage, and yes you're gonna wanna memorize this:

ngramsort [--options] [in.fst [out.fst]]

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💜 PROGRAM FLAGS 💜

these are her flags, the ones that belong to ngramsort herself 🎀

• --backoff_label — type = int64_t, default = 0. This one's the backoff label. iconic.
• --check_consistency — type = bool, default = false. Checks the model's consistency for you. she's thorough like that 🫶
• --norm_eps — type = double, default = 0.001. The normalization check epsilon. tiny little number, big responsibilities ⭐

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🌈 LIBRARY FLAGS 🌈

these ones come from the library, they're the shared friend group 💖

🎀 Flags from: flags.cc

• --help — type = bool, default = false. Shows usage information. bestie behaviour fr fr
• --helpshort — type = bool, default = false. Shows brief usage information. the tl;dr version 😌
• --tmpdir — type = std::string, default = "/tmp". The temporary directory. that's where the chaos lives 💀
• --v — type = int32_t, default = 0. Verbosity level. turn it up if you wanna hear her yap 🔥

🦋 Flags from: fst.cc

• --fst_align — type = bool, default = false. Writes FST data aligned where appropriate. alignment? slay ✨
• --fst_default_cache_gc — type = bool, default = true. Enables garbage collection of the cache. she cleans up after herself, we love a tidy queen 🧹
• --fst_default_cache_gc_limit — type = int64_t, default = 1048576. The cache byte size that triggers garbage collection. one million forty-eight thousand five hundred seventy-six bytes and then she starts tidying 🎀
• --fst_read_mode — type = std::string, default = "read". Default file reading mode for mappable files.
• --fst_verify_properties — type = bool, default = false. Verify FST properties queried by TestProperties. she checks receipts 🧾
• --save_relabel_ipairs — type = std::string, default = "". Save input relabel pairs to file.
• --save_relabel_opairs — type = std::string, default = "". Save output relabel pairs to file.

🌸 Flags from: symbol-table.cc

• --fst_compat_symbols — type = bool, default = true. Requires symbol tables to match when appropriate. compatibility check, periodt 💅
• --fst_field_separator — type = std::string, default = " ". The set of characters used as a separator between printed fields. yes that default is a whole bunch of whitespace, don't perceive it, just accept it 😭

💖 Flags from: util.cc

• --fst_error_fatal — type = bool, default = true. FST errors are fatal; o.w. return objects flagged as bad: e.g., FSTs: kError property set, FST weights: not a Member(). so like, either she panics or she hands you back something marked as bad. dramatic either way 🙈

👑 Flags from: weight.cc

• --fst_weight_parentheses — type = std::string, default = "". 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). so it's giving all or nothing, and honestly? same 💀
• --fst_weight_separator — type = std::string, default = ",". Character separator between printed composite weights; must be a single character. exactly one. not two. one. 😤

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ok and that's literally the whole page bestie, every flag accounted for, nothing skipped, no notes 💖

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and that's a wrap on ngramsort version 1.3.17, dated February 2022 🎀 thanks for coming to my ted talk, go sort some ngrams, i'm obsessed with you, bye!! 💅✨🦋