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+!Not happy with your default man viewer?
+
+Then change it! This is easily done by setting the 'PAGER' environment variable.
+
+I am using Debian Etch which by default uses 'less' as the man viewer.
+But say I want to use 'more' to view man pages instead.
+
+*export PAGER="/path/to/more"
+
+Now type 'man ls' for example, and notice the man viewer has changed :)
+
+If you regret the change simply do:
+
+*unset PAGER
+
+to revert back to the default man page viewer.
+
+Remember, to make changes to an environment variable permanent you will have to add the export command to your shell initialization script.
+
!You can Search a man Document
+
+Note: This only applies when using 'less' to view man pages.
When viewing a man for a particular application, you can search for a keyword you are after by typing:
*/<search>
The man will scroll down to the first match, and any matches will be highlighted!
+
+To search backwards:
+
+*?<search>
