Search for the next line that does not match a pattern

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The / command moves to the next occurrence of a pattern. But how do I move to the next line in which a pattern does not appear?

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– cbaumhardt
Aug 27, 2015 at 17:57 — cbaumhardt, Aug 27, 2015 at 17:57
... which gives something like /\v^((pattern)@!.)*$
– VanLaser
Aug 27, 2015 at 18:03 — VanLaser, Aug 27, 2015 at 18:03

Christian Brabandt · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-27 19:08:10Z

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Recent Vims come with the LogiPat plugin. With that, you can simply do

:LogiPat !"foo"

and it will jump to the next line, not containting your pattern. To see the pattern, you can type

:echo @/

which should show something like ^\%(\%(foo\)\@!.\)*$

answered Aug 27, 2015 at 18:51

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TIL :LogiPat :)
– VanLaser
Aug 27, 2015 at 19:03
Beware however that the patterns produced by LogiPat are not always perfect (cf. :help logipat-caveat). "Negating" regexps is always tricky, and LogiPat is not a silver bullet.
– Sato Katsura
Aug 27, 2015 at 19:05
@SatoKatsura True
– Christian Brabandt
Aug 27, 2015 at 19:08

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