Vim编辑器-Searching

3 Searching

• Simple forward searches
• Search options
• Incremental searches
• Changing directions
• Basic regular expressions

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• Simple Searches
  To search for a string, use the /string command.
  To find the next include, use the command /<Enter>.
  Another way to find the next match is with the n command.
  Both the / and n commands can have a count specified. If there is a count, the
  command searches for the count number of matches from the current location.

• Search History
  Now let’s start searching by typing a simple / without pressing . If you press

• Searching Options
  highlight: :set hlsearch
:set nohlsearch turn off
  To clear the current highlighting, use the following command: :nohlsearch
  Search highlighting is now turned off; matched text will not be highlighted. However, the highlighting will return when you use a search command.

• Incremental Searches
  :set incsearch The editor starts searching as soon as you type the first character of the string. Each additional character further refines the search.
  :set noincsearch

• Searching Backward
  The reverse search command (?) searches backward.

*Changing Direction
The N command reverses the direc- tion on the search and repeats it.

• Basic Regular Expressions
  The Beginning (^) and End ($) of a Line
  Match Any Single Character (.)

• Matching Special Characters
  Most symbols have a special meaning inside a regular expression.To match these spe- cial symbols, you need to precede them with a backslash ().To find the. (period), for example, use the string the..