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Operating Systems Solaris higlighting strings while searching Post 302274501 by honglus on Wednesday 7th of January 2009 05:54:35 PM
Old 01-07-2009
less can highlight the string searched

less -p STRING filename.

-p: the pattern to search.
 

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IMGREP(1p)						     Internet Message commands							IMGREP(1p)

NAME
imgrep - search for mail/news messages SYNOPSIS
imgrep [OPTIONS] [FOLDER] [RANGE] DESCRIPTION
The imgrep command enumerates mail/news messages matched given patterns. This command is provided by IM (Internet Message). OPTIONS
-s, --src=FOLDER,FOLDER... message source: "+folder:[range[,range..]]". "--src=+xxx" is equivalent to "+xxx". -f, --format=STRING Output format: "number", "folder", or "path". (default: "number" for single target folder, "path" for multiple target folders) -c, --casefold={on,off} Case sensitivity. (This option affects both fieldname and pattern.) Default value is "on". -e, --expression=STRING Search expression: Usable keyword & && logical AND | || logical OR ! logical NOT ( ) parens fieldname=pattern search pattern for the field Special fieldname: head Entire header body Entire body all Entire message -d, --delimiter=STRING Mail header delimiter. Default value is " | ---- ". -D, --dupchecktarget=STRING Duplicate check target ('none', 'message-id', or 'message-id+subject'). Default value is 'none'. -q, --quiet={on,off} Do not show any messages. -v, --verbose={on,off} Print verbose messages when running. --debug=DEBUG_OPTION Print debug messages when running. -h, --help Display help message and exit. --version Output version information and exit. COPYRIGHT
IM (Internet Message) is copyrighted by IM developing team. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the modified BSD license. See the copyright file for more details. IM151 2011-05-25 IMGREP(1p)
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