Questions tagged [search]
Searching for text with / or search(). For find/replace operations, use tag [substitute] instead.
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What does the 'z' flag for search() do?
I was looking at the documentation for search() (:help search()). I noticed that there is a "z" flag:
'z' start searching at the cursor column instead of zero
When the 'z' flag is not ...
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Multi-line python comment search and replace
I have a python code with several multi-line comments like this:
def hello:
''' some comment
some more text
some mooore text
'''
def ciaoo:
''' some comment
some ...
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Backward search in current line with search() and z option
I am trying to write a couple of simple functions to find the next and previous links in Vimwiki and move to them. Links in Vimwiki are indicated with the syntax [[link to something]]. Since I only ...
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Multiline search and replace with quickfix list and :cdo
I'm working on applying doctrine/coding-standard on doctrine/orm, and I would like to work smarter.
I would like to search occurences of
/**
* @Id
* @Column(type="integer")
...
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Determine if there is a matching character on the current line past the cursor
I am trying to make a mapping that performs what f would normally do if there is a character match on the line, and to do something else if no such character exists. For example,
suppose if I had the ...
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Autocomplete popup menu for search results
Autocomplete in insert mode (via <c-n>/<c-p>) is excellent, in particular the navigable popup box.
I would like the same navigable popup box when I search: so, I type /, then start to type,...
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Replacing both upper case and lowercase findings [duplicate]
I often find myself running the following commands in sequence when wanting to replace both the lower case and title case instances of a given word, while retaining its original case.
:'<,'>s/...
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How to point the cursor to result when search by 'let @/ = '?
To reproduce this problem:
Open a new vim window, input "abc", leave cursor at the end of line
set hlsearch
let @/ = "abc"
The cursor doesn't point to the beginning of "abc&...
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behavior of control characters has changed in ubuntu 20.04
Before upgrading to ubuntu 20.04, the line
g/;/s//CTRL V CTRL M/
would replace the ; with a new line.
Now, in ubuntu 20.04 this string translates to
:g/;/s//^[[27;5;109~
which obviously doesn't have ...
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Is it possible to detect a highlighted search match with synIDattr() or similar?
When I have hlsearch on and my cursor is somewhere in a highlighted search match, is it possible to detect the search highlight hl-Search with synIDattr() or a similar function?
As far as I can tell ...
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possible to search two form of hex string in one time?
Some text file contains lots of hex strings, a same string presents multiple times in two formats like:
00000000 aa bb cc 25 41 f3 d9 ed 58 5c ed a0 3c 61 60 ce ...%A...X..<a`.
and
...
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Search for a pattern, copy the line with the matching pattern, copy the next 2 lines, output the results into a new file
I have a file with data that goes like this.
Engine1
Temp:10
Humidity:23
Engine1
Temp:13
Humidity:21
Engine2
Temp:10
Humidity:23
This pattern repeats throughout the file.
I want to do the following ...
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Skip to next batch of search results (or find next non-match)?
So you search /needle, and end up trapped in a haystack of result lines. Is there a quick way to skip to the first non-matching line (and then the next batch of results)?
E.g. I'm viewing the results ...
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Searching a log file using vi or view
When I open a log file in vi or view and I need to search for a word, the first thing I do is to press G to get to the bottom. Then I'll start a search using a / followed by whatever word I'm looking ...
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Delete up everything until searched term, including searched term
If the cursor is at t in
the quick brown fox
and we type d/brown, we delete the quick . Is there a way to extend this such that the searched term is deleted too? (Such that only fox remains.)
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How to get information about search results from / or ? (the contents of @/)
In normal mode with default mappings, suppose I type /[,_@]. This then causes all matches of that pattern to be highlighted. Is there some way to examine the results of this search? I am specifically ...
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Show all instances of a certain string
I use * and # for quick and basic typo checking.
If I type AVeryLongVariableName, I can put my cursor on the word, press * and see all the other places that word is used. I know I spelled it correctly....
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Recover whole search pattern for substitute command
Sometimes I type a long substitute command
/%s/foo/bar.../
and while I am typing it or only after hiting enter
I notice that I have mistakenly
used a the search key (/) instead of the ex-command key (...
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Regular expression for searching IP addresses
I opened up a document in vim and I want to search the document for IP addresses. So I used this command
/[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}
But this pattern doesn't seem to return any of ...
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Bind a specific search to a map in normal mode
Specifically, I'm looking to bind the search /\(<<<<\|====\|>>>>\)/ (i.e. "find the next git merge boundary"). Ideally to <C-/> or <A-/>, but that part I'...
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Search and yank in visual line mode with execute normal
I have this in a buffer:
aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
eee
with the cursor on the first line. I do :execute 'normal! jV/ddd\<CR>y' which I expect should result in the middle three lines yanked. But what ...
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Find the specific line with character in specific position
Finding the line with a specific character before the last character. Suppose, I have the following string
1. addar_ctrl1,1,2,0,0,1
2. addar_ctrl2,3,2,0,1,0
3. addar_ctrl3,4,8,0,0,0
4. addar_ctrl4,2,6,...
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Enter insert mode after search?
So you're in Normal mode, then you press f followed by a character, then vim takes you to the next occurrence of that character. When you land on that character you are in Normal mode.
My question is ...
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Regex for any character that is not alphanumeric, whitespace, or a doublequote
I expect this to select all non-alphanumeric characters:
[^\w]
Instead it selects all non-w's.
This is the regex I would use in JavaScript, Python etc.:
[^\w\s"]
How can I write this so that it'...
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Replace a character multiple times but within pattern
I am creating a yml file out of some variables.
I have like 80 lines and they all have the pattern:
my-first-command-line-var: {{ my-first-command-line-var }},
my-second-cli-var: {{ {{ my-second-cli-...
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How to remove spaces between parenthesis?
I have a text that looks like this
" original
call minpac#add('morhetz / gruvbox')
" desired
call minpac#add('morhetz/gruvbox')
How can I limit vim pattern search within parentheses?
I ...
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How to search/replace without appending search history?
In a BufWritePre to remove trailing spaces, my function uses a search/replace for \s\+$ over the current buffer. So after saving any buffer, this weird entry \s\+$ shows up in my search history. Is ...
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How to repeat `f <char>` in opposite direction when using `,` as the map leader?
I have set mapleader="," in my ~/.vimrc.
How can I continue to repeat f <char> in the opposite direction, when using , as the map leader?
Is it possible to remap , in the context of f &...
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Is it possible to exchange search patterns in vim?
Is there a way, built-in or with a plugin, that I can swap any number of two different patterns on an arbitrary range using a regex?
Maybe something :s-style like :{range}exchange/{pattern-1}/{pattern-...
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open file with a particular regex search
Can one associate a regex query with a particular file, so that whenever that file is opened, the query (e.g., /text) is run, causing all instances of text to be highlighted? I considered using ...
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Trying to undestand why using \zs in regex is not working as I expect
Consider the following test String:
County,Age,Age_group,Gender,Jurisdiction,Travel_related,Origin,EDvisit,Hospitalized,Died,Case_,Contact,Case1,EventDate,ChartDate,ObjectId
If use the following ...
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Case-sensitive search with `smartcase` set
I have set smartcase in my init.vim so searching with /lowercase is case-insensitive, which is usually what I want. However, I sometimes want to do a case-sensitive search where my target is all ...
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Finding where one word is close to another word: parametrized command in vimrc
I asked this question, about how to find where one word is close to another word, and Quasimodo gave the very fine answer:
/\vaid(\W+\w+){,3}\W+country
Now I want to parametrize this command into ...
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Jump to selected word after a search in vim [duplicate]
I use / followed by word to be searched to search for a word in a document. However once I find the word pressing escape just takes me back to the cursor location which is at the beginning of the ...
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incsearch not working as expected
So I have the following example text:
##1##
many text
and lines
##z##
##1##
many text
and lines
##z##
##2##
more text
##z##
And after doing :set incsearch, and running :g/^##1##\n.*/+,/##z##/- (which ...
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Why does a range search “:[range]/pattern/action” not work the same way as “:[range]g/pattern/action”?
Can someone explain why range search :[range]/pattern/action does not work the same way as :[range]g/pattern/action?
Also :'a,'b/pattern/action gives a warning that the range is 'backward', even ...
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Set variable equal to search match subsection
Unnecessary Context:
I want to write a function that closes open HTML tags, because closetag.vim seems complicated, and I like to understand all the stuff I run in Vim.
My plan for this is to match ...
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Date change question: Find and replace with wildcards?
I have a file with a bunch of dates of the form a/b/c, where a,b, and c are numbers of varying character length. However, I'd like to change every instance to read c/a/b.
I'm wondering if there is a ...
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How can I find where one word is close to another word?
If I want to find occurrences of the word 'arc', I can type / arc , with spaces around the three letters, to find basic occurrences of the word (ignoring punctuation). But suppose I want to find where ...
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Can't search for strings within hidden files with fzf's Rg command in vim
I just installed fzf for my bash terminal and the fzf.vim plugin for vim. I've placed the following code at the bottom of my .bashrc script:
export FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND='rg --files --hidden --no-ignore-...
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Show exact number of matches even for large (>99) numbers
When I search for something /search-term and it shows up more than 100 times in my file, vim shows me that I'm on match x/>99 instead of x/121 etc.
For smaller numbers it shows me the exact number ...
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Vim find/replace highlighting
I'm a long time Vim user but a few months back started dabbling in Emacs. One of the things I really liked about Emacs was when doing a find/replace s/you/me it would highlight the word I was ...
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How to not jump back on mismatch with incremental search
With incremental search (incsearch), we jump to matches and they are highlighted as they are found. But if we hit a character that makes the search not match anything, we’re thrown back to where we ...
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How can I repeat the cgn sequence?
Recently I learned the awesome command cgn to repeat a change to a word. I’ve seen several answers advising its use, like this:
What is the best way to re-factor a variable name in vim?
and this:
How ...
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Conditional search and replace using repeated macro or commands
I want to search for a keyword, and replace a word in the line that is not a search word. I thought macros may be a good way to do it, but I am open to any methods.
I have something like,
blah blah
...
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Passing a pattern as argument without extra escaping
so I want to pass a pattern to a command.
command! -nargs=1 -buffer Vim silent exec "vim! /" . <args> . "/ ./*" | copen | redraw!
But there is a problem. If I want to match /foo i would use ...
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Reverse n and N for ? and # searches (compared to / searches) [duplicate]
When I search with ? or #, I want n to move "forwards" through the buffer, and N to move backwards. This is opposite to current behaviour (where n moves in the search direction).
How can I set this ...
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Searching for multiple keywords listed in the buffer
Given two buffers, where
the first one has a list of keywords delimited by a new line;
the second buffer with text that contains a subset of keywords from the first buffer.
How do I search and ...
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global search and replace on all lines that don't begin with a backslash
I'm trying to globally enclose in {}'s all instances of +,-,= that aren't already so enclosed. But I don't want to do this for lines that are latex commands. Since my latex commands are all on ...
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How to insert text using substitute and regex?
Honestly I can't read regex for now.
I have quick-fix list and I have a hunch that this can be done with regex but I don't know how.
I want this:
@ViewChild(MatTable)
@ViewChild('text 1')
@...
