MLU in browsable database not working

Leonid Spektor spektor at andrew.cmu.edu
Thu Aug 6 17:43:05 UTC 2026


Ken,

	I just tried it and it works for me, please see screenshot below. Perhaps it was just a glitch.



Leonid.

> On Aug 6, 2026, at 09:21, Ken Nakatani <kentaro.nakatani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> MLU in browsable database does not seem to be working.
> E.g., in the Brown > Adam corpus
> 
> mlu  +t*CHI *.cha
> 
> would yield an error message saying: 
> 
> **** WARNING: No file matching "*.cha" was found.
> 
> I understand that this is sort of a transition period when it comes to the browsable database, but is there any time frame regarding when we expect that there will be a fix?  I often use browsable database in my undergrad classes, so I would appreciate it if I can get an idea about whether I can expect a fix or I should stay away from the browsable database.
> 
> Thank you in advance!  I really appreciate all the efforts made by the people maintaining the CHILDES environments.
> 
> Ken Nakatani
> 
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