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# look
> Display lines beginning with a prefix in a sorted file.
> See also: `grep`, `sort`.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/look.1.html>.
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- Search for lines beginning with a specific prefix in a specific file:
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`look {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}`
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- Case-insensitively search only on alphanumeric characters:
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`look -{{f|-ignore-case}} -{{d|-alphanum}} {{prefix}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Specify a string [t]ermination character (space by default):
`look -{{t|-terminate}} {{,}}`
- Search in `/usr/share/dict/words` (`--ignore-case` and `--alphanum` are assumed):
`look {{prefix}}`