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Search to Navigate

Another way to quickly locate somewhere in Vim is to search for word using the symbol/followed by word you want to search, as follows:

It can be seen that multiple matches are displayed after the command is executed, and we can use n or N command to move the cursor to the previous or next occurrence.

Operate with a Search Motion

Similar to the F command, we can combine operation commands and move commands (called in vim for the search command to move the command, because moving the cursor, the previous F command is also a move command), to quickly manipulate an area of text, such as delete or modify.

We entered the visual mode in normal mode v , we can understand the selection mode, you can select the text. The current position is on the first letter of the takes, after entering the command /ge , the cursor moves to get's first letter G, the selection extends from the takes T to the get's G, the input h , the cursor moves to the left, the selection narrows to the space in front of G, enter the d command , the characters in the selection range are removed.

The above command can also be executed with the following command.

Enter the command first d , and then determine the extent of the deletion.

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