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