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[9]1.TH LOOK 1
2.SH NAME
3look \- find lines in a sorted list
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B look
6.RB [ \-df ]
7.I string
8.RI [ file ]
9.SH DESCRIPTION
10.B Look
11consults a sorted file and prints all lines that begin with
12.IR string .
13It uses binary search. The options
14.B \-d
15and
16.B \-f
17affect comparisons as in
18.BR sort (1).
19If no file is specified,
20.B /usr/lib/dict/words
21is assumed with collating sequence
22.BR \-df .
23.SH OPTIONS
24.TP 5
25.B \-d
26Dictionary order: compare letters, digits and whitespace.
27.TP 5
28.B \-f
29Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.
30.SH FILES
31.TP 25
32.B /usr/lib/dict/words
33Sorted list of English words.
34.SH "SEE ALSO"
35.BR sort (1),
36.BR spell (1).
37.SH AUTHOR
38Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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