Searching and Replacing

SEARCHING AND REPLACING

Text searching and replacing commands:

file-list(3) Generate list of matching file names
filemask-to-regex(3) Convert a file mask to a regex
find(3) Execute built-in find command
find-setup(3) Setup the built-in find and grep commands
grep(3) Search a file for a pattern
grep-for-region(3) Grep current directory for current region
hunt-backward(2) (C-x C-h) Resume previous search in backward direction
hunt-forward(2) (C-x h) Resume previous search in forward direction
isearch-backward(2) (C-r) Search backwards incrementally (interactive)
isearch-forward(2) (C-s) Search forward incrementally (interactive)
item-list(3) (F7) Abbreviated search and list buffer contents
item-list-close(3) (esc F7) Close the item list
item-list-find(3) Find the selected item in the item list
narrow-search-backward(3) (C-c r) Search for a string in the backward direction
narrow-search-forward(3) (C-c s) Search for a string in the forward direction
occur(3) Regular expression search for occurrences
osd-search(3) Search and annotate the current buffer
page-file-isearch-backward(3) (C-r) Page search backwards incrementally (interactive)
page-file-isearch-forward(3) (C-s) Page search forward incrementally (interactive)
page-file-search-backward(3) (C-x r) Page search for a string in the backward direction
page-file-search-buffer(3) Search the page file buffer
page-file-search-forward(3) (C-x s) Page search for a string in the forward direction
query-replace-all-string(3) Query replace string in a list of files
query-replace-string(2) (esc C-r) Search and replace a string - with query
query-replace-string-in-files(3) Conditionally search and replace strings across files
RegularExpressions(2) Regular Expressions
replace-all-pairs(3) Replace string pairs in a list of files
replace-all-string(3) Replace string with new string in a list of files
replace-string(2) (esc r) Replace string with new string
replace-string-in-files(3) Search and replace strings across files
search-backward(2) (C-x r) Search for a string in the backward direction
search-buffer(2) Search the current buffer for a string
search-forward(2) (C-x s) Search for a string in the forward direction
str-to-regex(3) Generate regex safe variant of a string

Ref: Searching and Replacing File: me.0 Date: 2026/03/05

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