When reading manual page and searching for X with Ctrl+Shift+F: X is not found unless X is on visible screen (Ctrl+Shift+F works when not in manual page mode). uname -a: Linux debian 4.9.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u4 (2018-08-21) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Hi, `man` uses a so-called 'pager', such as `less`, in order to display contents. The terminal app only has access to the currently visible text, this is why it's unable to search for invisible contents. `less`, however, has its own search capability: press '/' and then your search string. See also `man less`.
`/PATTERN` highlight PATTERN; don't use Ctrl+Shift+F in manual mode Thanks, Igor.