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     The Mgrep function searches all the files listed in the Mgreplist
     macro. PWB places all matches in the Search Results window. Under
     multithreaded environments, PWB performs the search in the
     background.
     See: Mgreplist
 
     To browse the list of matches, use _pwbnextlogmatch,
     _pwbpreviouslogmatch, and the Nextsearch function («Nextsearch»).
     See: Nextsearch, ◄Search menu, Next Match►
          ◄Search menu, Previous Match►
 
     Mgrep («mgrep»)
          Searches for the previously searched string or pattern.
 
     Arg Mgrep («arg» «mgrep»)
          Searches for the string specified by the characters from the
          cursor to the first blank character.
 
     Arg <textarg> Mgrep («arg» <textarg> «mgrep»)
          Searches for <textarg>.
 
     Arg Arg Mgrep («arg» «arg» «mgrep»)
          Searches for the regular expression specified by the
          characters from the cursor to the first blank character.
          See: ◄Regular Expression►
 
     Arg Arg <textarg> Mgrep («arg» «arg» <textarg> «mgrep»)
          Searches for the regular expression specified by <textarg>.
 
     Meta ... Mgrep («meta» ... «mgrep»)
          As above except that the value of the Case switch is reversed
          for the search.
          See: Case
 
     Returns
 
     True:  With DOS, indicates that a match was found. With
            multithreaded environments, indicates that a background
            search was successfully initiated.
 
     False: No matches, no search pattern specified, search pattern
            invalid, or search terminated by CTRL+BREAK.
 
     See
 
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