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     Msearch («msearch»)
          Searches backward for the previously searched string or
          pattern.
 
     Arg Msearch («arg» «msearch»)
          Searches backward for the string specified by the text from
          the cursor to the first blank character.
 
     Arg <textarg> Msearch («arg» <textarg> «msearch»)
          Searches backward for the specified text.
 
     Arg Arg Msearch («arg» «arg» «msearch»)
          Searches backward for the regular expression specified by the
          text from the cursor to the first blank character.
          See: ◄Regular Expression►
 
     Arg Arg <textarg> Msearch («arg» «arg» <textarg> «msearch»)
          Searches backward for the regular expression defined by
          <textarg>.
 
     Meta ... Msearch («meta» ... «msearch»)
          As above except reverses the sense of the Case switch for the
          search.
          See: Case
 
     Returns
 
     True:  String found.
     False: Invalid argument, or string not found.
 
     See
 
     Mgrep, Psearch
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