LOOK

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 29, 1985
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NAME

look - find lines in a sorted list  

SYNOPSIS

look [ -df ] string [ file ]  

DESCRIPTION

Look consults a sorted file and prints all lines that begin with string. It uses binary search.

The options d and f affect comparisons as in sort(1):

d
`Dictionary' order: only letters, digits, tabs and blanks participate in comparisons.
f
Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.

If no file is specified, /usr/dict/words is assumed with collating sequence -df.  

FILES

/usr/dict/words  

SEE ALSO

sort(1), grep(1)


 

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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
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SEE ALSO

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