From: LoSh Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:03:14 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Fix difference between short description and longer description by adding prefix X-Git-Tag: v2.38-rc1~86^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a48eee7bfc09cdfa4b2627c5bde024a91679f30;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git Fix difference between short description and longer description by adding prefix --- diff --git a/misc-utils/look.1.adoc b/misc-utils/look.1.adoc index 29f5ad7da6..5e2b172f0f 100644 --- a/misc-utils/look.1.adoc +++ b/misc-utils/look.1.adoc @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ look - display lines beginning with a given string == DESCRIPTION -The *look* utility displays any lines in _file_ which contain _string_. As *look* performs a binary search, the lines in _file_ must be sorted (where *sort*(1) was given the same options *-d* and/or *-f* that *look* is invoked with). +The *look* utility displays any lines in _file_ which contain _string_ as a prefix. As *look* performs a binary search, the lines in _file_ must be sorted (where *sort*(1) was given the same options *-d* and/or *-f* that *look* is invoked with). If _file_ is not specified, the file _/usr/share/dict/words_ is used, only alphanumeric characters are compared and the case of alphabetic characters is ignored.