look
Display lines beginning with a prefix in a sorted file.
Note: the lines in the file must be sorted.
See also: grep
, sort
.
More information: https://man.openbsd.org/look.
- Search for lines beginning with a specific prefix in a specific file:
look
prefix
path/to/file
- Case-insensitively ([f]) search only on alphanumeric characters ([d]):
look -f -d
prefix
path/to/file
- Specify a string [t]ermination character (space by default):
look -t
,
- Search in
/usr/share/dict/words
(-d
and-f
are assumed):
look
prefix