# How can I search in a saved flow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/how-can-i-search-in-a-saved-flow/118>\
**Category:** help\
**Created:** [July 31, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/how-can-i-search-in-a-saved-flow/118 "2016-07-31T13:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![TizianoPerrucci](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mitmproxy.org/tizianoperrucci/32/43_2.png) [@TizianoPerrucci](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/TizianoPerrucci)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/how-can-i-search-in-a-saved-flow/118/1 "2016-07-31T13:01:58Z")

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Hi,

I’ve saved a flow using .mitmdump -w outfile and now I want to search for invalid post requests that have got 400. How can I do that?

I’ve reopened the flow with mitmproxy -nr outfile, but I can’t use the `/` command like would be less and I couldn’t find a way another command for searching.

Thanks,  
Tiziano

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**Author:** ![mhils](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.mitmproxy.org/mhils/32/7_2.png) [@mhils](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/mhils)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/how-can-i-search-in-a-saved-flow/118/2 "2016-08-09T01:35:10Z")

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Hi @TizianoPerrucci,

Sorry for the late response. You can specify a view filter (this feature is called “limit” in mitmproxy 0.17 and before), like this:

`~m POST & ~c 400`