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E.5 Using 'occur'
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Sometimes the 'texinfo-show-structure' command produces too much
information.  Perhaps you want to remind yourself of the overall
structure of a Texinfo file, and are overwhelmed by the detailed list
produced by 'texinfo-show-structure'.  In this case, you can use the
'occur' command directly.  To do this, type:

     M-x occur

and then, when prompted, type a "regexp", a regular expression for the
pattern you want to match.  (Note: Regular Expressions.)
The 'occur' command works from the current location of the cursor in the
buffer to the end of the buffer.  If you want to run 'occur' on the
whole buffer, place the cursor at the beginning of the buffer.

  For example, to see all the lines that contain the word '@chapter' in
them, just type '@chapter'.  This will produce a list of the chapters.
It will also list all the sentences with '@chapter' in the middle of the
line.

  If you want to see only those lines that start with the word
'@chapter', type '^@chapter' when prompted by 'occur'.  If you want to
see all the lines that end with a word or phrase, end the last word with
a '$'; for example, 'catching mistakes$'.  This can be helpful when you
want to see all the nodes that are part of the same chapter or section
and therefore have the same 'Up' pointer.

  Note: Using Occur, for more
information.