09-06-2002
How did you create it with a leading space? I am trying to do this on purpose but cant without quotes??
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look(1) User Commands look(1)
NAME
look - find words in the system dictionary or lines in a sorted list
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/look [-d] [-f] [-tc] string [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The look command consults a sorted filename and prints all lines that begin with string.
If no filename is specified, look uses /usr/share/lib/dict/words with collating sequence -df.
look limits the length of a word to search for to 256 characters.
OPTIONS
-d Dictionary order. Only letters, digits, TAB and SPACE characters are used in comparisons.
-f Fold case. Upper case letters are not distinguished from lower case in comparisons.
-tc Set termination character. All characters to the right of c in string are ignored.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/dict/words spelling list
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
grep(1), sort(1), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 29 Mar 1994 look(1)