How to search in manual?

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To search in a manual page, follow these steps:

  1. Open the manual page using the man command. For example:

    man <command>
  2. Once the manual page is open, press / (forward slash).

  3. Type your search term and press Enter.

  4. To find the next occurrence of the search term, press n. To go back to the previous occurrence, press N.

  5. To search backward through the document, you can use ? instead of /, followed by your search term.

  6. Press q to exit the manual page when you're done.

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