Unix Third Edition: Visual Quickstart Guide

Looking it Up with look

Speaking of spelling, you can also have Unix just look up a word for you in the system dictionary. It’s just like saying, “Hey, honey, how do I spell ‘unforgivably,’ as in ‘unforgivably lazy’?” Just type look and the beginning of the word you want to look up (Code Listing 15.5).

Code Listing 15.5. Look up words with look.

[jdoe@frazz jdoe]$ look unfo unfold unfolded unfolding unfolds unforeseen unforgeable unforgiving unformatted unfortunate unfortunately unfortunates unfounded [jdoe@frazz jdoe]$

To Look Up a Definition with look:

• look unfo

  At the shell prompt, type look followed by the first letters—all you know—of the word you want to look up. You’ll see a listing of all the words that start with those letters, as ...