39 lines
699 B
Groff
39 lines
699 B
Groff
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.TH LOOK 1
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.SH NAME
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look \- find lines in a sorted list
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B look
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.RB [ \-df ]
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.I string
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.RI [ file ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Look
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consults a sorted file and prints all lines that begin with
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.IR string .
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It uses binary search. The options
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.B \-d
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and
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.B \-f
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affect comparisons as in
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.BR sort (1).
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If no file is specified,
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.B /usr/lib/dict/words
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is assumed with collating sequence
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.BR \-df .
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 5
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.B \-d
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Dictionary order: compare letters, digits and whitespace.
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.TP 5
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.B \-f
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Fold. Upper case letters compare equal to lower case.
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.SH FILES
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.TP 25
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.B /usr/lib/dict/words
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Sorted list of English words.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR sort (1),
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.BR spell (1).
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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