I can search word in vim with /word. How can I search only for word, excluding searches for word1 and word2?
5 Answers
like this:
/\<word\>\< means beginning of a word, and \> means the end of a word,
Adding @Roe's comment:
VIM provides a shortcut for this. If you already have word on screen and you want to find other instances of it, you can put the cursor on the word and press '*' to search forward in the file or '#' to search backwards.
- vim filename
- press /
- type word which you want to search
- press Enter
If you are working in Ubuntu,follow the steps:
- Press
/and type word to search - To search in forward press 'SHIFT' key with
*key - To search in backward press 'SHIFT' key with
#key
For basic searching:
- /pattern - search forward for pattern
- ?pattern - search backward
- n - repeat forward search
- N - repeat backward
Some variables you might want to set:
- :set ignorecase - case insensitive
- :set smartcase - use case if any caps used
- :set incsearch - show match as search
Basic search (once you have opened the file in vim) using vim:
-Hit ESC on your computer keyboard
-Hit the forward slash symbol on your keyboard /
-Type the word or symbol you intend to search; for example, to search for the term "rbmq" type /rbmq
-Hit Enter
-Hit n to search forward (moving towards the end of the file) and N to search backward (moving towards the beginning of the file)
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