Index: usr.bin/look/look.1
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--- usr.bin/look/look.1
+++ usr.bin/look/look.1
@@ -96,6 +96,34 @@
 .Nm
 utility exits 0 if one or more lines were found and displayed,
 1 if no lines were found, and >1 if an error occurred.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Look for lines starting with
+.Ql xylene
+in the file
+.Pa /usr/share/dict/words :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ look xylen
+xylene
+xylenol
+xylenyl
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Same as above but do not consider any characters in
+.Ar string
+beyond the first
+.Ql e .
+Note that
+.Fl f
+is implicit since we are searching the default file:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ look -t e xylen
+Xyleborus
+xylem
+xylene
+xylenol
+xylenyl
+xyletic
+.Ed
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 The original manual page stated that tabs and blank characters participated
 in comparisons when the