Search::Dict(3)
Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
As shipped in IRIX 6.5.22. Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.
NAME Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file SYNOPSIS use Search::Dict; look *FILEHANDLE, $key, $dict, $fold; DESCRIPTION Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal (stringwise) to $key. Returns the new file position, or -1 if an error occurs. The flags specify dictionary order and case folding: If $dict is true, search by dictionary order (ignore anything but word characters and whitespace). If $fold is true, ignore case.