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look

Display lines beginning with a prefix in a sorted file. Note: The lines in the file must be sorted. See also: `grep`, `sort`.

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Examples

Search for lines beginning with a specific prefix in a specific file GNU

look prefix path/to/file

Case-insensitively search only on blank and alphanumeric characters GNU

look [-f|--ignore-case] [-d|--alphanum] prefix path/to/file

Specify a string termination character (space by default) GNU

look [-t|--terminate] ,

Search in `/usr/share/dict/words` (`--ignore-case` and `--alphanum` are assumed) GNU

look prefix

Search in `/usr/share/dict/web2` (`--ignore-case` and `--alphanum` are assumed) GNU

look [-a|--alternative] prefix

Search for lines beginning with a specific prefix in a specific file

look prefix path/to/file

Case-insensitively search only on alphanumeric characters

look [-f|--ignore-case] [-d|--alphanum] prefix path/to/file

Specify a string termination character (space by default)

look [-t|--terminate] ,

Search in `/usr/share/dict/words` (`--alphanum` and `--ignore-case` are assumed)

look prefix