Vim Quick Find

Find 1. Quick Find

Enter Normal mode / and then type the string you want to find and press ENTER to find it. ？is the same as the / function, but ？ looks up and / down. After entering the lookup, the input n and N can continue to find n the expression to continue the lookup, N reverse Lookup

2. Quick Find Exercises

Use VIM to open a file for editing

$ vim protocols

• Normal mode input /icmp find string ICMP
• Normal mode Enter to n find the next ICMP
• Normal mode input ？tcp up lookup string TCP
• Normal mode input N to find the last occurrence of TCP

3. Advanced Search

• Enter \* a word in normal mode to find where the cursor is located
• In normal mode, enter the same as \# above, but \# forward (up), it \* is backward (bottom) to find
• Normal mode g\* \* , but partially matches the word
• Normal mode g\# \# , but partially matches the word

Search for n The above, N continue to find command can still be used

Vim Quick Find