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slookup(1)

LOOKUP(1)  —  USER COMMANDS

NAME

lookup − find documentation references by index search

SYNOPSIS

lookup [ -p ] word...
lookup -v

DESCRIPTION

lookup searches for and displays index entries from the Solbourne customer documentation box. 

The index entries supply the binder name, the manual name as it appears on the binder tab, and the section and page number.  From this information the text may be located in the printed Solbourne manuals.  On-line man page entries for the first word given as an argument are also found, and directions for displaying them are shown. 

An index entry matches if it contains all the words, in any order.  Case is not significant.  Partial matches may be found using the -p option. 

OPTIONS

-p Matches parts of words in the reference. For example, the word "assem" given as an argument matches index entries containing "assembler" and "assembly."

-v Prints the release version as well as the date and time of creation for the MASTERINDEX data base that is being used by lookup. 

USAGE

Best results are obtained with one or two words, although more may be used. 

ENVIRONMENT

MASTERINDEX
Specifies the location of the master index file.  By default, the program will attempt to find the master index file in /usr/man/masterindex.

EXAMPLES

% lookup mouse tests
 Tests, Keyboard/mouse:
         binder: Administration Guides
         tab:    System Diagnostics Manual, page 3-10
 mouse:
         binder: UNIX Programmer’s Reference Manual
         tab:    Section 4 Special Files
         online: man 4 mouse
 % lookup -p test key mouse
 Tests, Keyboard/mouse:
         binder: Administration Guides
         tab:    System Diagnostics Manual, page 3-10
 test:
         binder: UNIX User’s Reference Manual
         tab:    Section 1 Commands
         online: man test

FILES

/usr/man/masterindex Contains the index entry database

SEE ALSO

man(1), slookup(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright ©, Solbourne Computer, Inc. 

AUTHORS

Vic Schoenberg and Frank Hamilton, Solbourne Computer, Inc. 

Solbourne Computer, Inc.  —  21 November 1989

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