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2.5 Searches

The following commands jump to the first record in the buffer satisfying some criteria.

s q     (rec-cmd-select-fast)
Display the first record having a field whose value matches a given fixed pattern. This is equivalent of using the command line option -q of recsel.
s s     (rec-cmd-select-sex)
Display the first record in the buffer satisfying a given selection expression. This is equivalent of using the command line option -e of recsel.