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From: straka@ihlpf.UUCP
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Subject: Re: "look" utility?
Message-ID: <1145@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 10:42:59 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 10:42:59 1987
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Summary: look - grep

>     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.


What about using fgrep?
Or possibly grep "^string"?

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Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka