package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "io/ioutil" ) func main() { // read into memory in one chunk b, err := ioutil.ReadFile("unixdict.txt") if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } // split at line ends bss := bytes.Split(b, []byte{'\n'}) // accumulate result var longest int var list [][]byte for _, bs := range bss { // don't bother with words shorter than // our current longest ordered word if len(bs) < longest { continue } // check for ordered property var lastLetter byte for i := 0; ; i++ { if i == len(bs) { // end of word. it's an ordered word. // save it and break from loop if len(bs) > longest { longest = len(bs) list = list[:0] } list = append(list, bs) break } // check next letter b := bs[i] if b < 'a' || b > 'z' { continue // not a letter. ignore. } if b < lastLetter { break // word not ordered. } // letter passes test lastLetter = b } } // print result for _, bs := range list { fmt.Println(string(bs)) } }