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grep 'ace electronics' phonelist

will return all the lines in the file phonelist that contain the phrase 'ace electronic'

grep -i 'ace electronics' phonelist

will do likewise but case-insensitively

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If the list is in a text file: click on Edit and Find and type ace and press Enter to begin a search. If the list is on a spreadsheet: you can still use Edit and Find, or use sort on the name column, so putting ace near the top of the section beginning with the letter "A".

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