How do you find text using w3m?

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I would like to be able to find a word in a web page using w3m.

On most browsers I can use ctrl+f to find a word.

I know this can be done on w3m but Google has decided to not provide any results today, and I don't see anything on the manpage.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 09 '19 at 20:17

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See http://w3m.sourceforge.net/MANUAL which shows to do / Ctrl-S.

edited Sep 09 '19 at 20:17

Eliah Kagan

answered Sep 09 '19 at 20:11

K7AAY

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Thanks. I was using the manpage here: https://linux.die.net/man/1/w3m – mchid Sep 09 '19 at 22:15
@mchid Yeahbut, I learned that's OK, sometimes, but not always accurate. Ubuntu's man page https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+man+w3m+bionic pointed me at http://w3m.sourceforge.net/ which led me to the manual, which was less user-hostile. Ubuntu's man pages tend to be more useful, IMHO, and when your rasslin' with the Google, telling it "Hey! Look Over There!" is kinda useful. – K7AAY Sep 09 '19 at 22:22

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