Option 'b' --> Backward (Reverse) Search.  QTGrep normally searches each scan file starting with the first character and progressing to the last character.  This option forces QTGrep to start scanning for patterns and keywords starting with the last byte and progressing to the first byte.  In addition, records are counted starting with the last record.  Thus, the last record is counted as record one, 1, and the first record as the last record.

For patterns spanning multiple records, the records are output in the reverse order scanned, i.e., in the normal order a user would read them.

The corresponding long option is: --search-direction=(forward|backward)

Incompatible Options Are:
W
Write Compiled Search Patterns
Z
File  Preview
q
Query, Output Search Expressions
v
Output Only Records Not Matching


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Last Updated: Nov. 26, 2005