What is the use of this switch ?

$ manswitch () { man $1 | less -p “^ +$2″; }

e.g.

manswitch grep -o

This will take you to the relevant part of the man page, so you can see the description of the switch underneath.

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by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)

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