campbell@maynard.UUCP (02/23/87)
In article <1916@cbdkc1.UUCP> daleske@cbdkc1.UUCP ( John Daleske x4335 3S324W FRAN) writes: > >What package does "look" come in? Is it public domain or part of some >product? How does it function? "look" (like "dbm") comes with V7-derived UNIX systems, which includes Berkeley UNIX and derivatives (i.e., Ultrix). It's seems to be missing from System V, so I presume it's yet another utility AT&T forgot to include in System V. An excerpt from the man page follows: SYNOPSIS look [-df] string [ file ] DESCRIPTION look consults a sorted file and prints all lines that begin with string. It uses binary search. Note that look searches for a literal string, not a regular expression. You could use grep, but for a sizable file look can be hundreds of times faster. -- Larry Campbell The Boston Software Works, Inc. Internet: campbell@maynard.uucp 120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109 uucp: {alliant,wjh12}!maynard!campbell +1 617 367 6846 ARPA: campbell%maynard.uucp@harvisr.harvard.edu MCI: LCAMPBELL