Minor detail to add, in man, /<search_term> takes you to the first
occurrence, pressing 'n' proceeds to the next occurrence.
Woody
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 23:48, Woody Green wrote:
> Quick search: man -k <search term>
> Detailed search: man -K <search term>
> When in a man page, type: /<search term>
>
> Search of the info pages: info --apropos=<search term>
> in info, use the i command. (run: info info)
>
> grep -rin <search term> /usr/share/doc
>
>
> ... most of which are options nearly as old as UNIX itself.
>
> Enjoy,
> Woody
>
> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 05:08, Greg Meyer wrote:
> > On Friday 27 June 2003 01:00 am, Jim C wrote:
> > > Searchable help files... Searchable help files... Searchable help
> > > files... Searchable help files... Searchable help files...
> > > ;-)
> >
> > post it on cooker... post it on cooker... post it on cooker... post it on
> > cooker... post it on cooker... post it on cooker... :-)
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