How do you search for tabs in the linux command less?

How do you search for tabs in the linux command less?

I've tried /\t but that only seems to search for the character t.

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At the risk of suggesting the obvious:

/Tab

works fine for me.

Press / then CtrlV, followed by Tab.

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You can search for tabs using /^I (where ^I is Crtl+i).

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