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authorTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-04-12 18:13:50 +0000
committerTodd C. Miller <millert@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-04-12 18:13:50 +0000
commitc6948e5e68a8dbb7025a68527001656b5e993def (patch)
tree66c4aa756fdadb60b5b1d4385e2fff2b4991151e /usr.bin
parent994e59f0ec584d661317877cf6b7607831d99d10 (diff)
Reference re_format(7), not ed(1) when talking about regexp matching.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/less/more.111
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/less/more.1 b/usr.bin/less/more.1
index 7884f58d42c..cca49bb6a17 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/more.1
+++ b/usr.bin/less/more.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: more.1,v 1.11 2014/04/12 16:41:10 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: more.1,v 1.12 2014/04/12 18:13:49 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ All marks are lost when a new file is examined.
.It Ic / Ns Ar pattern
Search forward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern.
N defaults to 1.
-The pattern is a regular expression, as recognized by
-.Xr ed 1 .
+The pattern is a basic regular expression (BRE).
+See
+.Xr re_format 7
+for more information on regular expressions.
The search starts at the second line displayed.
.It Ic ?\& Ns Ar pattern
Search backward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern.
@@ -267,7 +269,8 @@ to get the terminal characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctags 1 ,
.Xr less 1 ,
-.Xr vi 1
+.Xr vi 1 ,
+.Xr re_format 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm