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 .TH "SELECTOR" "1"
 .SH "NAME"
-selector - A simple shell command for dynamic pattern selection
+selector - A simple command line for dynamic pattern selection
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .PP
 \fBselector\fP [\fBoptions\fP] -f <filename>
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
-\fBselector\fP is a command line dynamic string selection. A you type
-a list of strings separated by ';', the display is updated in real
-time to show only the lines containing all the said strings.
+\fBselector\fP is a command line dynamic string selection. As you type
+a list of strings separated by ';' or a regexp, the display is updated
+in real time to show only the lines containing all the said strings,
+or matching the regexp.
+
+The ^R key switches between the standard multi-substring mode and the
+regexp mode.
 
 The main usage of selector is as an efficient search in the shell
 command history. With the correct option, it will inject the selected
@@ -34,8 +38,18 @@ display help and exits
 inject the selected line into the tty input buffer
 .IP "\fB-m\fP" 10
 force the monochrome mode
+.IP "\fB-i\fP" 10
+inverse the order of the lines
+.IP "\fB-b\fP" 10
+remove the numeric prefix from bash history
+.IP "\fB-z\fP" 10
+remove the time prefix from zsh history
+.IP "\fB-d\fP" 10
+remove duplicated lines
+.IP "\fB-e\fP" 10
+start with the regexp mode activated
 .IP "\fB-c <fg modeline> <bg modeline> <fg highlight> <bg highlight>\fP" 10
-select the display colors for the modeline and the highlighted line
+select the modline and highlight color numbers
 .IP "\fB-o <output filename>\fP" 10
 write the selected line into the specified file
 .IP "\fB-s <pattern separator>\fP" 10
@@ -47,14 +61,13 @@ specify the file to search into
 
 .SH "EXAMPLES"
 
-To use selector to search into your shell history:
+To use selector to search into your bash history, you can use
 
-selector -f ${HISTFILE} -v
+.B selector -d -i -b -v -f <(history)
 
 .SH "BUGS"
 
-Probably many. The main problem is the usage of Linux-specific ioctl()
-to put the selected line in the tty buffer.
+Probably many.
 
 .SH "AUTHOR"
 .PP