Vi editor find command 1

[teser]

How do you find a word when you are in [tt] vi [/tt] editor.

For example if I want to find a specific word that is in my script. How would I do that?

 

[gonzilla]

1) Hit esc to get to the command mode:
2) To search forward from your current position
-Type "/" and type in your word and hit enter
3) To search backward
-Type "?" and type in your word and hit enter
4) If you'd like to go to the next occurance forward, just hit "n" or "N" to go backward to the previous.

-Tyler

 

[teser]

Thanks

 

[pcunix]

If you need to search disregarding case, you may want to do a

:set ignorecase

first. If you always want that or other options, you can stick 'em in a $HOME/.exrc (.vmrc on Linux) file; in there just say

set ignorecase
Tony Lawrence
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