05-27-2002
vi can search for strings like ed does. you type in a / followed by the string you want to search for followed by CR.(or return key)
when u type in a / , vi puts a / on message line at bottom of screen.
try ?string? ... also ( for reverse search )
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kpsewhich
KPSEWHICH(1) General Commands Manual KPSEWHICH(1)
NAME
kpsewhich - standalone path lookup and and expansion for kpathsea
SYNOPSIS
kpsewhich [options] [filenames]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual
Kpathsea: A library for path searching.
kpsewhich is used as a standalone front-end of the kpathsea library that can be used to examine variables and find files. When the -format
option is not given, the search path used when looking for a file is inferred from the name given, by looking for a known extension. If no
known extension is found, the search path for TeX source files is used.
OPTIONS
kpsewhich accepts the following options:
-debug num
Set debugging flags.
-D num Use a base resolution of num; the default, set by the installer, is typically 600.
-dpi num
As -D.
-engine string
Set $engine in the environment, which is used in some search paths.
-expand-braces string
Print variable and brace expansion of string.
-expand-path string
Print complete path expansion of string.
-expand-var string
Print variable expansion of string.
-format name
Use file type name. See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the -help option to print the list.
-help Print help message and exit.
-interactive
Ask for additional filenames to look up.
-mktex fmt
enable mktexfmt generation. (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)
-mode string
Set device name for $MAKETEX_MODE to string; no default.
-must-exist
Search the disk as well as ls-R if necessary.
-no-mktex fmt
disable mktexfmt generation. (fmt=pk/mf/tex/tfm)
-path string
Search in the path string.
-progname string
Set program name to string.
-show-path name
Output search path for file type name. See the info manual for a list of valid names, or use the -help option to print the list.
-var-value variable
Print the expansion of variable.
-version
Print version information and exit.
SEE ALSO
mktexlsr(1), mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1).
Kpathsea 6.1.0 1 March 2011 KPSEWHICH(1)