In the following examples, search is run.


This example searches for "fred" in /usr/dict/words - a dictionary list
of common words. It prints out lines that match with the match term 
highlighted, as well as the surrounding two lines.

	$ search fred /usr/dict/words
	Alfonso
	alfonso
	Alfred
	Alfredo
	alfresco
	alga
	-----
	mane
	maneuver
	Manfred
	manganese
	mange
	-----
	wile
	Wiley
	Wilfred
	wilful
	Wilhelm
	-----
	wingspan
	wingtip
	Winifred
	wink
	winkle
	

The following example shows how search helps looking through code. Here
it finds "while" in itself. "-n" has printed line numbers.

	$ search -n while search 
	139:
	140:$word = shift || usage(1);
	141:while ($file = shift) {
	142:    push(@Files,$file)
	143:}
	-----
	152:
	153:            $linenum = 0;
	154:            while ($line = ) {
	155:                    search_line($line);
	156:            }
	-----
	159:} else {
	160:    # --- Search STDIN ---
	161:    while ($line = ) {
	162:            search_line($line);
	163:    }
	

The following demonstrates search using regular expressions,

	$ search '^anchor$' /usr/dict/words
	ancestral
	ancestry
	anchor
	anchorage
	anchorite