[Techtalk] tar xfvj

John Clarke johnc+linuxchix at kirriwa.net
Wed Mar 3 10:42:22 EST 2004


On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:40:59AM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:

> However, I did finally discover how to do string searches in info. From 
> inside any info page:
> 
> `s
> Search for string []:
> 
> That's backtick lowercase s.

It's actually just 's', or '/'.  info prints an error message after the
backtick, but if you type the 's' quickly enough you'll miss it.

Did you know that info has built in help?  Type '?' to see it - use 'l'
to exit help and go back to the page you were viewing.


Cheers,

John
-- 
If a bean counter complains about 9G root drives with only 600M used
introduce it to the underfloor void. Don't worry, the shouting stops
after a while.
            -- Geoff Lane


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