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LOOK
Section: User Commands (1) Updated: 202-1-15 Index
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NAME
look - display lines beginning with a given string
SYNOPSIS
look [options] string [file]
DESCRIPTION
The look utility displays any lines in file which contain string as a prefix. As look performs a binary search, the lines in file must be sorted (where sort(1) was given the same options -d and/or -f that look is invoked with).
If file is not specified, the file /usr/share/dict/words is used, only alphanumeric characters are compared and the case of alphabetic characters is ignored.
OPTIONS
-a, --alternative
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Use the alternative dictionary file.
-d, --alphanum
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Use normal dictionary character set and order, i.e., only blanks and alphanumeric characters are compared. This is on by default if no file is specified.
Note that blanks have been added to dictionary character set for compatibility with sort -d command since version 2.28.
-f, --ignore-case
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Ignore the case of alphabetic characters. This is on by default if no file is specified.
-t, --terminate character
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Specify a string termination character, i.e., only the characters in string up to and including the first occurrence of character are compared.
-h, --help
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Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
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Display version and exit.
EXIT STATUS
The look utility exits 0 if one or more lines were found and displayed, 1 if no lines were found, and >1 if an error occurred.
ENVIRONMENT
WORDLIST
-
Path to a dictionary file. The environment variable has greater priority than the dictionary path defined in the FILES segment.
FILES
/usr/share/dict/words
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the dictionary
/usr/share/dict/web2
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the alternative dictionary
HISTORY
The look utility appeared in Version 7 AT&T Unix.
EXAMPLES
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sort -d /etc/passwd -o /tmp/look.dict
look -t: root:foobar /tmp/look.dict
SEE ALSO
grep(1),
sort(1)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the
https://github.com/uti-linux/uti-linux/issues <L>issue tracker
AVAILABILITY
The look command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/uti-linux/ <L>Linux Kernel Archive
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- EXIT STATUS
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- FILES
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- HISTORY
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- EXAMPLES
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- SEE ALSO
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- AVAILABILITY
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