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NAME
       look - find lines in a sorted list

SYNOPSIS
       look [-df] string [file]

DESCRIPTION
       Look  consults  a  sorted  file	and  prints  all lines that begin with
       string.	It uses binary search.	The options -d and -f  affect  compar‐
       isons  as  in sort(1).  If no file is specified, /usr/lib/dict/words is
       assumed with collating sequence -df.

OPTIONS
       -d   Dictionary order: compare letters, digits and whitespace.

       -f   Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.

FILES
       /usr/lib/dict/words	Sorted list of English words.

SEE ALSO
       sort(1), spell(1).

AUTHOR
       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

								       LOOK(1)

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