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How do I include newlines in a search in less?

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Mar 15, 20268244 views
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Problem

How can I search for newlines (or end of lines) as part of a search using less? For example, I'd like to search for , but don't want to merely search for because that'd get matches for . I'm using GNU bash, version 4.0.33(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) I tried readin…

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Fix for: How do I include newlines in a search in less?

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You can do: The pattern replacing , but the must stay, it tells the search to look for the pattern, and then the end of the line. So you'd do:

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