---
name: "py.lookup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python-py"
version: "1.3.3-2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/py.lookup"
---

# py.lookup(1)

pylib word lookup

## NAME

py.lookup - pylib word lookup

## SYNOPSIS

**py.lookup** \[*option*\] \[*search\_string*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **py.lookup** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in html available in /usr/share/doc/python-codespeak-lib/.

**py.lookup** is a program that search for a word (or quoted phrase) into python modules under the current directory.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-´). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-i** **--ignore-case**

  ignore case distinctions.

**-C** **--context=CONTEXT**

how many lines of context to show for each match.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Alexandre Fayolle afayolle@debian.org for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## AUTHOR

**Alexandre Fayolle**

Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Alexandre Fayolle\