look(1) [opensolaris man page]

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 5.11							    29 Mar 1994 							   look(1)

LOOK(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   LOOK(1)

NAME

       look - find lines in a sorted list

SYNOPSIS

       look [ -dfnixtc ] [ string ] [ file ]

DESCRIPTION

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

       The following options are recognized.  Options dfnt affect comparisons as in sort(1).

       -i     Interactive.  There is no string argument; instead look takes lines from the standard input as strings to be looked up.

       -x     Exact.  Print only lines of the file whose key matches string exactly.

       -d     `Directory' order: only letters, digits, tabs and blanks participate in comparisons.

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

       -n     Numeric comparison with initial string of digits, optional minus sign, and optional decimal point.

       -t[c]  Character c terminates the sort key in the file.	By default, tab terminates the key.  If c is missing the entire line comprises the
	      key.

       If no file is specified, /lib/words is assumed, with collating sequence df.

FILES

       /lib/words

SOURCE

       /sys/src/cmd/look.c

SEE ALSO

       sort(1), grep(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

       The exit status is "not found" if no match is found, and "no dictionary" if file or the default dictionary cannot be opened.

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