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perl -e '/a/&/b/&/c/&/d/&/e/&/f/&&($a[99-y///c].=$_)for<>;print pop@a' + /usr/share/dict/words

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Re^7: Find the shortest word in the English Language with: a b c d e f
by usemodperl (Beadle) on Jul 11, 2018 at 17:30 UTC
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    head -n1 /usr/share/dict/README; perl -e '/a/&/b/&/c/&/d/&/e/&/f/&&($a[99-y///c].=$_)for<>;print pop@a' /usr/share/dict/words

    On macOS High Sierra 10.13.4:
    
    #	@(#)README	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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