Search forward
copy mode
// what it does
Pressing / opens a search prompt and runs `search-forward`, moving the cursor to the next match toward the bottom (newer end) of the buffer. The term is matched as a regular expression, so regex metacharacters must be escaped to match literally; type it and press Enter to jump to the first hit, e.g. to locate an error or path in long output.
// shortcut
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// gotcha
"Forward" means toward the bottom of the scrollback, which feels backwards since you usually enter copy mode by scrolling up — to search older lines above you, use ? instead. Matching is case-sensitive and wraps around the buffer (the `wrap-search` option, on by default).