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​​Vim’s Search Tips – Mosky’s Notes

​​The Magic

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​​Flag	​​Mode	​​Special Chars
​​\V	​​very nomagic	​​\
​​\M	​​nomagic	​​\ ^ $
​​\m	​​magic (default) = BRE + ~	​​\ * ^ $ . [] ~
​​\v	​​very magic	​​All ASCII chars except [0–9a–zA–Z_].

• ​​~: the latest substitute string, not the pattern.

• ​​Must be `/\Vput first`.

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​​Incsearch Shortcuts

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• ​​CTRL-G: Go the next match.

• ​​CTRL-T: Go the previous match.

• ​​CTRL-L: Add one char from the current match.

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​​Search & Search Offset

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​​/pattern<CR>

​​/pattern/1<CR> " go next line of the match, or

​​//1<CR> " use the // repeats the last search instead

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​​/pattern<CR>

​​//e<CR> " patter*n*

​​//e1<CR> " patte*r*n

​​//s<CR> " *p*attern

​​//s1<CR> " p*a*ttern

​​//s-1<CR> " * *pattern

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​​Search Twice

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​​/class/;/ClassName

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​​Search With Yank Register

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​​yaw

​​/<C-R>"

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​​Search Without Escaping Slash

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​​?/usr/bin          " or

​​:let @/='/usr/bin'

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​​Search Case-Insensitively and Case-Sensitively

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​​/\capple " \c = insensitively

​​/\CApple " \C = sensitively (default)

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​​Search Smartly

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