look — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
look [options
]prefix
[dictionary_file
]
The look
command prints (on
standard output) words that begin with a given string
prefix
. The words are located in a
dictionary file (default /usr/share/dict/words). For instance,
look bigg
prints:
bigger biggest Biggs
If you supply your own dictionary file—any text file with
alphabetically sorted lines—look
will print all lines beginning with the given
prefix
.
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