look(1) User Commands look(1)NAMElook - 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 ALSOgrep(1), sort(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 29 Mar 1994 look(1)