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<H1>look(1)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
look - find lines in a sorted list
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>look</STRONG> [<STRONG>-df</STRONG>] <EM>string</EM> [<EM>file</EM>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Look</STRONG> consults a sorted file and prints all lines that begin with <EM>string</EM>.
It uses binary search. The options <STRONG>-d</STRONG> and <STRONG>-f</STRONG> affect comparisons as in
<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/sort.1.html">sort(1)</A></STRONG>. If no file is specified, <STRONG>/usr/lib/dict/words</STRONG> is assumed with
collating sequence <STRONG>-df</STRONG>.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>-d</STRONG> Dictionary order: compare letters, digits and whitespace.
<STRONG>-f</STRONG> Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.
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<H2>FILES</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>/usr/lib/dict/words</STRONG> Sorted list of English words.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/sort.1.html">sort(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/spell.1.html">spell(1)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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