Searching through output of more command

Question

When searching through the output of more command how can I search for a phrase that includes spaces in between? When I search for a phrase like "typedef struct audiodev" it doesn't find the phrase in the file and I'm assuming this is because I need to express the space between the words with a certain symbol.

Answer 1

I'd use a regexp to match spaces:

egrep 'typedef\s+struct\s+audiodev' your_file

Here \s+ corresponds to one or more spaces

Answer 2

You can combine the command more with other tools like grep.

Open a console and try:

more yourfile | grep "typedef struct audiodev"

Answer 3

In the search function of more, spaces (all special characters actually) need to be escaped, so you could search like this:

/typedef\ struct\ audiodev