JP Vossen via plug on 17 Oct 2022 10:18:05 -0700


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On 10/16/22 16:39, Fred Stluka via plug wrote:
On 10/13/22 10:29 AM, jeffv via plug wrote:
Learn To Use Man Pages Efficiently In Linux

https://ostechnix.com/learn-use-man-pages-efficiently/

Wow!  How is it that I've been using "more" (and then "less")
directly and as the pager for "man" for 35 years and never
tripped across the "&" command?!!?!?

I knew "/" for forward search, "?" for backward search, but not
"&" which filters out all unmatched lines, showing only the
matches.  Nice!
...
Well.  That makes two of us!  That is really cool, though I find, especially in man pages, you need the context, so `/pattern` then `n` or `N` is handy.  I never think to use `?` since once you start, `n` and `N` go forward and back just fine.

Later,
JP
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