How do you search for tabs in the linux command less?

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I've tried /\t but that only seems to search for the character t.

Speeddymon · Answer 1 · 2013-02-28 00:38:33Z

up vote 5 down vote

Press / then CtrlV, followed by Tab.

edited Feb 28 at 0:38

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answered Jun 9 '11 at 19:20

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Tom Wijsman · Answer 2 · 2012-02-20 00:48:20Z

up vote 4 down vote

At the risk of suggesting the obvious:

/Tab

works fine for me.

edited Feb 20 '12 at 0:48

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answered Jun 9 '11 at 21:21

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Diogo · Answer 3 · 2012-03-13 17:55:07Z

up vote 2 down vote

You can search for tabs using /^I (where ^I is Crtl+i).

edited Mar 13 '12 at 17:55

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answered Jun 9 '11 at 19:46

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