NAME

look − find words in the system dictionary or lines in a sorted list

SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/look [ −d ] [ −f ] [ −tc ] string [ filename ]

AVAILABILITY

SUNWdoc

DESCRIPTION

The look command consults a sorted filename and prints all lines that begin with string.

If no filename is specified, look uses /usr/ucblib/dict/words with collating sequence −df. 

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

SEE ALSO

grep(1), sort(1)

Sun Microsystems  —  Last change: 14 Sep 1992