Vim Part II

Published: at 08:40 AM (1 min read)

There are several ways to search for text, which can be accessed from normal mode:

Forward Searching (/)

  1. / = allows us to perform a forward search
  2. n = moves to next occurrence of word
  3. N = moves to previous occurence of word
  4. // = repeats the previous search

Backward Searching (?)

  1. ? = allows us to perform a backward search
  2. n = moves to previous occurrence of word
  3. N = moves to next occurrence of word
  4. ?? = repeats the previous search

Full Word Searching

  1. * = searches full word in forward direction
  2. # = searches full word in backward direction

Find and Replace Syntax

:%s/find/replace/options

Options

  1. g - global replace
  2. i - case insensitive
  3. c - prompt before replacing