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In vim, if I am in search mode by pressing /, I can press Ctrl+p to find my last searched string, and press that combination again to find an even earlier searched string, and so on. I can do the same on commandline in emacs mode. I want to do the same with less command (i.e., press /, and then press Ctrl+p to find what I searched for previously, and then press Enter to search that term again. Can I do that? How can I do that?



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  • @JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

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In vim, if I am in search mode by pressing /, I can press Ctrl+p to find my last searched string, and press that combination again to find an even earlier searched string, and so on. I can do the same on commandline in emacs mode. I want to do the same with less command (i.e., press /, and then press Ctrl+p to find what I searched for previously, and then press Enter to search that term again. Can I do that? How can I do that?



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  • @JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

    – Niall Cosgrove
    Nov 20 '18 at 9:14














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In vim, if I am in search mode by pressing /, I can press Ctrl+p to find my last searched string, and press that combination again to find an even earlier searched string, and so on. I can do the same on commandline in emacs mode. I want to do the same with less command (i.e., press /, and then press Ctrl+p to find what I searched for previously, and then press Enter to search that term again. Can I do that? How can I do that?



Edit: reworded to make the question clearer.






bash terminal less-unix







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In vim, if I am in search mode by pressing /, I can press Ctrl+p to find my last searched string, and press that combination again to find an even earlier searched string, and so on. I can do the same on commandline in emacs mode. I want to do the same with less command (i.e., press /, and then press Ctrl+p to find what I searched for previously, and then press Enter to search that term again. Can I do that? How can I do that?



Edit: reworded to make the question clearer.






bash terminal less-unix




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  • @JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

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  • @JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

    – Niall Cosgrove
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@JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

– Niall Cosgrove
Nov 20 '18 at 9:14





@JamesBrown I think the OP wants to navigate within a file backwards via a search string rather than view a list of previously entered search strings. ? is the key to search backwards in less

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Use / to search forward.
Use ? to search backward.



Use n for the next occurrence of the search item and N for prior occurrence. This works for both forward and backward searches.



And as pointed out in the comments if less history is enabled you can carry your search item across invocations of less.



man less and man lesskey for the details.






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    To browse less search history (~/.lesshst by default, man less for more):





    1. less a file, for example less ~/.lesshst

    2. type / (or ?)

    3. use up and down arrows to browse the history, press enter to choose one


    4. n repeats the search, N in reverse direction






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      Use / to search forward.
      Use ? to search backward.



      Use n for the next occurrence of the search item and N for prior occurrence. This works for both forward and backward searches.



      And as pointed out in the comments if less history is enabled you can carry your search item across invocations of less.



      man less and man lesskey for the details.






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        Use / to search forward.
        Use ? to search backward.



        Use n for the next occurrence of the search item and N for prior occurrence. This works for both forward and backward searches.



        And as pointed out in the comments if less history is enabled you can carry your search item across invocations of less.



        man less and man lesskey for the details.






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          Use / to search forward.
          Use ? to search backward.



          Use n for the next occurrence of the search item and N for prior occurrence. This works for both forward and backward searches.



          And as pointed out in the comments if less history is enabled you can carry your search item across invocations of less.



          man less and man lesskey for the details.






          share|improve this answer















          Use / to search forward.
          Use ? to search backward.



          Use n for the next occurrence of the search item and N for prior occurrence. This works for both forward and backward searches.



          And as pointed out in the comments if less history is enabled you can carry your search item across invocations of less.



          man less and man lesskey for the details.







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              To browse less search history (~/.lesshst by default, man less for more):





              1. less a file, for example less ~/.lesshst

              2. type / (or ?)

              3. use up and down arrows to browse the history, press enter to choose one


              4. n repeats the search, N in reverse direction






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                1. less a file, for example less ~/.lesshst

                2. type / (or ?)

                3. use up and down arrows to browse the history, press enter to choose one


                4. n repeats the search, N in reverse direction






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                  1. less a file, for example less ~/.lesshst

                  2. type / (or ?)

                  3. use up and down arrows to browse the history, press enter to choose one


                  4. n repeats the search, N in reverse direction






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                  1. less a file, for example less ~/.lesshst

                  2. type / (or ?)

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