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LOOK(1)                     General Commands Manual                    LOOK(1)

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

OPTIONS
       -d   Dictionary order: compare letters, digits and whitespace.

       -f   Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.

FILES
       /usr/lib/dict/words      Sorted list of English words.

SEE ALSO
       sort(1), spell(1).

AUTHOR
       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

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NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | FILES | SEE ALSO | AUTHOR