more command case insensitive search ?

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1

Hello,

How do I set case insensitive search mode while the file is open with more command ?
(I know -i option which could be used before opening)

thanks
Vilius

2

If you can't put "-i" on the "more" command line for some reason, you can provide it as an environment variable:

MORE="-i" ; export MORE

Another way is with regular expressions.
For example to find the string "set" regardless of case within the "more" "man" page:

man more
/[S|e][E|e][T|t]
3

Hi.

If you can use command less instead of more, you have access to features like:

  -i  ........  --ignore-case
                  Ignore case in searches that do not contain uppercase.

...

        Most options may be changed either on the command line,
        or from within less by using the - or -- command.

-- excerpt from man less, q.v.

Good luck ... cheers, drl