LOOK(1) User Commands LOOK(1)

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

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

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.

-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.

/usr/share/lib/dict/words

spelling list

grep(1), sort(1), attributes(7)

March 29, 1994 OmniOS