Questions tagged [search]
Searching for text with / or search()
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How to replace a string only if the line starts with another string
I need to find ONLY the lines that start with the string G1 Z, and then replace any occurrence on that same line of F1800 with a new value of F500. For example:
G1 Z9.800 F1800.000 ; move to next ...
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Search for line, move to end of search string, then search+replace
(EDIT: In the original question, I had accidentally used \w instead of \<. Comments and answers with \w should be interpreted as using \< as well.)
In my LaTeX source files, section headings ...
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Read-only mode in Vim while using cscope?
I am traversing through a C code in Vim using cscope. Sometimes while traversing, some key gets pressed or mouse gets right-clicked and the Vim enters in insert mode, and it creates a mess to undo the ...
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Incremental search: is it possible to push 'Esc` without scrolling back?
My problem on this gif:
I am in one place, searching for meta, I do not want to loose my current search highlighting (yes I know that I can restore it later in / menu). I found what I need - without ...
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How do I keep the spacevim search results window open after opening a file?
How can I keep the search results location list window open after opening a file in a new buffer?
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how to add a word two lines above certain word in multiples places
my text look like this in several places of the file:
FDE
PW91k
XCNADD PBE
::FULLGRID
END
END
eor
and I want to introduce a word two lines above "eor" word throughout. I have tried
:,.-2/eor/...
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Search only within a relevant context?
When running through a log file, I will catch a log that's bad, and I want to search around that line for other lines that will match search parameters.
Frequently the log files are very long, and ...
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Exclude folder when searching files in working directory
I'm working in a react project and opened vim from the root folder. When I'm using
:vimgrep /pattern/ **
I just can search everywhere, but I want to search everywhere except the 'node_modules' ...
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How do I use 'cgn' for word under cursor?
I really like and often use the cgn command for replacing something I was currently searching for, but it sort of lacks a (imho) rather intuitive feature: replace the word (or whatever) under the ...
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Edit colorscheme to tell me which search result my cursor is currently on
When I search for a word in my files, many of them come up, and it's tough to tell which one my cursor is currently over.
See image:
Is there a way to edit the background color for the search I'm ...
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function to search for a pattern
I just recently found a very nice command to search for a pattern in a document, and display all hits:
:g/pattern/z#.1
Since the command is a bit cumbersome to type, I would like to make a shortcut, ...
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scroll while writing a substitution
how can I scroll or move around in the code while writing a search or command ?
I want to write a substitution :s/xxx/yyy but I forgot what yyy should be and I need to scroll a little bit to find it, ...
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How to get the same message and error behavior as normal `n` when calling `normal n` in function
I wrote a vimscript function that prevents the cursor from changing its location on the screen when I press n:
function! my_n()
let l:start=line("w0")
let end = line("w$")
let cursor = ...
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Find duplicate entries in two different lists
I have two different lists of words and I want to make sure that they have no mutual duplicates. In other words, none of the words in list A can be in list B and vice versa. They must be mutually ...
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How to search and replace this using vim and regex?
Input
if(statement)
{
to Ouput
if ( statement ) {
I can find the input using
/if(\S\(.*\))
Explanation :
if( is the keyword to be searched , \S to negate whitespace , (.*) for anything in ...
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Why doesn't the + regular expression quantifier (one or more) work when searching?
I have a file with the following lines:
a=117
a=100
a=101
When I try searching using /a=10*, it correctly matches all of those lines.
But when I try searching using /a=10+, it does not match any of ...
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Can I use a different color for the selected match than for other matches
In the screencast below I searched statusline and then cycle through the results with n.
Is it possible to highlight the selected match with a different color than the other matches, instead of ...
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Grep on type with delay. Scripting / Looking for plugin
I use fzf.vim (with rg) to search through (grep) my project.
The problem with this implementation is that (from what I understand) fzf.vim joins all the files (adding filename at the beginning of the ...
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Vim can't search for dot
I'm trying to write a Vim script function to toggle between -> and . but searching for . is seemingly impossible.
I've tried to search using ASCII (decimal and hex) and it doesn't work. It all ...
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Asterisk search does not find text with question marks
In gvim normal mode, the * key searches for the word under the cursor.
Say I have a file with the following lines:
life
alifexea a_life_xea
a life x
a=life
life=a
b=life;
c=b?life:a;
life?
?life
...
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How do I make this vimscript function (taken from another question here) 'forget' about a previous search term?
Based on the accepted answer to this previous question, I put the code below in my .vimrc, which changes the color of my statusline depending on whether my search (started with / or ?) yields results ...
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How to yank count of matches of a pattern to a register?
%s///n
show number of matching pattern like 102 matches on 102 lines.
How to copy this output to a register?
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Faster way to search for whole words
I can search for whole words like this
/\<search term\>
\< and \> match left and right word boundaries respectively.
But how can I insert those automatically? They are awkward to type ...
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Get immediate feedback about a search string with no matches in vim
Is there a way to immediately get feedback about a search string with no matches?
At the moment I have to press Enter first to get Pattern not found. I'd like if the background (of the search line or ...
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Swap grid[X][Y] to grid[Y][X] in full file
In my file, I have many instances of grid[X][Y] where X and Y are variables. I would like to swap all instances to grid[Y][X] (preferably one by one so I can check them).
Examples (especially note ...
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Replace With Text From The Line Above?
I have a text file like this:
ge-0/0/45.0,First-Floor-Security,13
,Voice_First_Floor,18
ge-0/0/46.0,First-Floor-Security,13
,Voice_First_Floor,18
ge-0/0/47.0,AV-Media,155
,Building-Automation,75
,...
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Match all digits but not string
I'm trying to find a pattern that will match for any digits, except ":3"
I've tried this
/\v(:3)@!&\d
But it doesn't work and I've no idea why
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Remap / to a another search function?
I there a way to remap / that trigger builtin search function of vim to another search fuzzy function and how to achieve that?
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Search and replace multiple line items within a range?
The following search command will make a range and search/replace within it. Specifically, it looks for 'first' in the text, then stops when it finds 'second' across multiple lines. Then, within that ...
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Append `0,` to all lines having 2 commas and not more than 2 commas?
I have a file
0,3,
7,2,0,
1,2,3,
1,2,
which should be
0,3,0,
7,2,0,
1,2,3,
1,2,0,
So how can I append each line with two commas with 0,? I am interested in the most elegant solution and ...
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How to exactly search current word?
Want to exactly matching current word with below function.
function! My_Exact_Search ()
let CurrentWord = expand("<cword>")
exec "/\<".CurrentWord."\>"
endfunction
But get error: ...
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Search not behaving as expected
I have the following bit of text in a vim file with cursor where the asterisk is while in insert mode:
\begin{document}
[latex]
Some text*
[\latex]
\end{document}
\begin{document}
[latex]
[\latex]
\...
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Match and replace very specific number
I would like to replace every number n in my document with n+1. Easy:
:%s/\([0-9]\+\)/\=(submatch(0)+1)/g
Now I would like to replace every number n with n+1, only when the number has exactly three ...
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Highlighting a search capture group
By :set hl, the search result of a / expression is highlighted, for example:
And if one wants to replace one substring distinguished by its surrounding, one can do so elegantly using regex capture ...
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change ofWord to of Word, and ignore offer, office, off etc
I OCRed a document but has this problem: some spaces between "of" and the word after are gone and I need to add a space between "of" and "word". Is there any way to do it? And also to avoid adding ...
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Pasting from register to command line inserts ^M instead of new line
Say I want to search for multiple lines (or do anything with them in the command line).
I yank some lines and enter search mode (/).
I press Ctrl + r" to paste what I just yanked, but I get ^M for ...
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How to match braces or brackets?
Suppose I want to search for things like
\todo{English sentence}
Then the regex
\\todo{\_.\{-}}
works (I don't know why. I copied it from somewhere long time ago (embarrassed)).
But suppose I ...
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Add ^M character in mapping without entering <CR>
I've run into the problem mentioned here, but in a context in which I don't have an easy alternative that I can think of.
I'm trying to add a mapping to fix bad newline characters in a file. I would ...
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Search and Replace in each PATTERN with counter [duplicate]
I am trying to search and replace certain pattern "\x" to REPLACE_counter. Where counter goes from $0$ to $N$. The text is
\x & \x & \x & \x & \x \\ \cline{1-1}
\x &...
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map something to the action of the leader key?
I have this in my vimrc:
let g:mapleader = ","
nnoremap # ,
so I use , as my leader, and want to use # for backwards search after f,t...But my # mapping does not work, so something is amiss
thanks
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Any way to prevent :Ag search from automatically opening the first returned result?
Whenever I run an :Ag search on my present working directory, the first entry in the returned results list is always automatically opened in the currently active pane.
Is there any way to disable ...
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How to redirect search results into a new file?
Let's say, I want to search for email addresses and output them to a new file. What I can do so far with a help from another discussion is this:
g/pattern/.w! >> output.txt
but that saves ...
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What's the difference between the '\zs' and '\@<=' atoms in Vim regex?
This is what I get from the documentation: \zs "starts the highlighted part" after matching the preceding regex, and \@<= "starts the highlighted part" after matching the preceding atom. But I don'...
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Setting the search pattern to just a portion of a regex pattern
I'm not sure if the title makes sense, but I'll try to explain what I'm trying to do.
I have a file with some code like:
some_var = 3;
...
func(some_var);
The file has a bunch of calls to func and ...
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Find the nth word in a line, and replace it back into the line in different position
I have searched unsuccessfully everywhere for an answer to this question and could not find an acceptable answer.
I am taking a list of table names from a database, and dynamically creating alter ...
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limiting global search&replace to matches that occur immediately to the right of the cursor
If I have this line:
a{word} a{20] a{word} a{20]
and type :g/a{.\{-}\]/s/{/\[/gc vi prompts me to change all four occurrences of { to [.
I want it to prompt me to replace only the matches ...
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How to display in the statusline the number of matches from a search?
I've seen this question:
Is there a way to count the number of occurrences of a word in a file?
but most of the time I search using * or just /.
It is possible to display automatically in the ...
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How can I change the colors used for highlight search matches?
When I do a search within VIM the found text is highlighted in yellow with white letters. For my eyes it is impossible to distinguish the text highlighted. I am looking for the way to change those ...
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How do I jump to the next search result in a different window?
Sometimes I have two windows open and I search for a word that appears in both. Hitting n only cycles through the results in the active window.
It'd be really convenient to somehow jump to the next ...
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Vim only show current line / hide every other line
My question is if there is a possible way to hide everything except all text except the current line?
Some background:
I have a really big JSON file which I just did a macro on and am doing a quick ...
