Usage: bsearch [-KVvh] [--print-keys] [--no-values] [--verbose] [--help] [--block-size=integer]
[-b integer] [--max-cache-size=integer] [-m integer] [--version] file [key ...]
-K, --print-keys print keys
-V, --no-values don't print values
-v, --verbose print statistics and informative messages
-h, --help print usage message
-b integer, --block-size=integer block size
-m integer, --max-cache-size=integer maximum cache size
Options (6)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-K, --print-keys | Print keys. | help + man |
-V, --no-values | Don't print values. | help + man |
-v, --verbose | Print statistic and debug information to standard error. | help + man |
-h, --help | Print usage and exit. | help + man |
-b, --block-size integer | Set block-size as the block size for block-wise I/O. | help + man |
-m | Set max-cache-size as the maximum cache size. (in the manual page but not in --help) | man |
Examples (2) from the manual page, untested
env LC_ALL=C sort -o /tmp/words /usr/share/dict/wordsbsearch -Kv /tmp/words day
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