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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 charac‐
	      ters 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		     │system/extended-system-utilities │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       grep(1), sort(1), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11			  29 Mar 1994			       look(1)

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