Troubleshooting • look giving strange results

mike@RPI4b3:~> uname -a
Linux MikesPI 6.1.0-rpi7-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.1.63-1+rpt1 (2023-11-24) aarch64 GNU/Linux
mike@RPI4b3:~> look --version
look from util-linux 2.38.1
mike@RPI4b3:~> look ass
As's
Assad
Assad's
Assam
Assamese
Assamese's
Assam's
Assisi
Assisi's
Assyria
Assyrian
Assyrian's
Assyrians
Assyria's

Trying to be sure of the spelling of assess I get the above. and that's all.
I'm using the american english dictionary, but the british english acts the same.

mike@RPI4b3:~> grep '^ass' /usr/share/dict/words | wc
gives me 164 words one of which is assess which I was looking for.

Having used 'look' on a Linux system for over 20 years I'm not used to this and am wondering if it is wide spread or just something flukey about my system.
I do update fairly regularly.

Be well,
Mike

Statistics: Posted by MikeMcClain46 — Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:52 am

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