Well, the man page describes what the software does. To answer your question "Having used 'look' on a Linux system for over 20 years I'm not used to this and am wondering if it is wide spread or just something flukey about my system."Actually ame I did read the man page before posting here.
If the man page tells you it behaves differently to the way you have been expecting after using it for 20 years then it would explain the problem. If the man page tells you it behaves a certain way, and it actually doesn't, then that also answers the question.
To be honest, I think the answer is here:
Code:
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 op‐ tions -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.Statistics: Posted by ame — Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:13 am
