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   Message 137,973 of 138,051   
   Carlos E.R. to marrgol   
   Re: Text-Searching in "less"   
   11 Feb 25 15:12:58   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-02-11 15:00, marrgol wrote:   
   > On 2025-02-11 at 13:41 Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>   From the "man" page:   
   >>>   
   >>>> /pattern   
   >>>>                Search forward in the file for the N-th line   
   containing the   
   >>>> pattern.  N  defaults  to  1.   
   >>>>                The pattern is a regular expression, as   
   recognized by the   
   >>>> regular expression library sup-   
   >>>>                plied by your system.  By default, searching   
   is case-   
   >>>> sensitive (uppercase  and  lowercase   
   >>>>                are  considered  different); the -i option   
   can be used to   
   >>>> change this.  The search starts   
   >>>>                at the first line displayed (but see the -a   
   and -j options,   
   >>>> which change this).   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> And where do you enter that 'N'?   
   >> First time I read this.   
   >   
   >  From the top of the "man" page:   
   >   
   > DESCRIPTION   
   >    […] Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, called N in   
   >    the descriptions below.  The number is used by some commands,   
   >    as indicated.   
      
   Ah, thanks :-)   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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