Re: Searching in Manpage with Bash

From: Alan Connor (zzzzzz_at_xxx.yyy)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:26:58 GMT

On Thu, 20 May 2004 00:41:11 -0000, Edward Wijaya <ewijaya@singnet.com.sg> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to search a text within
> a Manpage with bash?
>
> Man itself doesn't seem to have any
> particular command right?
>

Just hit "/" for forward searches and enter your search string. "?" for
backwards searches. "n" to repeat. Escape-u to clear the highlighted
strings from the screen. Up/Down arrows for search history.

This is when PAGER is set to less, which I highly recommend. It's the
best one and worth learning a bit about.

Man man; man less.

AC

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