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SPIT(1)                       User Commands                       SPIT(1)

NAME         top

       spit - translate some text through a Large Language Model

SYNOPSIS         top

       spit [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       Passes standard input to a Large Language Model (LLM) instance and
       prints the response.  With the --to option, it translates standard
       input to the specified language through a Large Language Model
       (LLM) and prints the translation.

       Warning: The output might not be what you expect.  It might be of
       the wrong form, be of poor quality, or reflect some biases.

OPTIONS         top

       --species=TYPE
              Specifies the type of LLM.  The default and only valid
              value is 'ollama'.

       --url=URL
              Specifies the URL of the server that runs the LLM.

       -m, --model=MODEL
              Specifies the model to use.

       --to=LANGUAGE
              Specifies the target language.

       --prompt=TEXT
              Specifies the prompt to use before standard input.  This
              option overrides the --to option.

       --postprocess=COMMAND
              Specifies a command to post-process the output.

       Informative output:

       -h, --help
              Display this help and exit.

       -V, --version
              Output version information and exit.

AUTHOR         top

       Written by Bruno Haible.

REPORTING BUGS         top

       Report bugs in the bug tracker at
       <https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext> or by email to
       <bug-gettext@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright © 2025-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
       GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
       <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO         top

       The full documentation for spit is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and spit programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info spit

       should give you access to the complete manual.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the gettext (message translation) project.
       Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/⟩.  If you have a bug report
       for this manual page, see
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GNU gettext-tools 1.0          January 2026                       SPIT(1)

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