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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Vi search starting from line n --- any trick for this ??? Post 302827635 by ctsgnb on Sunday 30th of June 2013 04:44:43 AM
Old 06-30-2013
you can also Go to line 100 (makes line 100 your current line)

in command mode :
100G
(if you don't specify a line number, G will bring you at the end of the file)

Then launch your search from there depending whether you want to look forward or backward for your RE:
/RE
or
?RE
 

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view(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   view(1)

Name
       view - displays a file using the vi commands

Syntax
       view [-t tag] [-r] [+command] [-l] [-wn] [-x] name...

Description
       The  command  displays a text file.  The command and the command run almost the same code except that in changes to a file are not allowed.
       It is possible to get to the command mode of from within both.

       The following is a list of some of the commands. See the vi Beginner's Reference Card and the "Introduction to Display Editing with vi"	in
       the Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User for more details that can be helpful for using

       Screen Control Commands

	    <CTRL/L>	   Reprints current screen.

	    <CTRL/Y>	   Exposes one more line at top of screen.

	    <CTRL/E>	   Exposes one more line at bottom of screen.

       Paging Commands

	    <CTRL/F>	   Pages forward one screen.

	    <CTRL/B>	   Pages back one screen.

	    <CTRL/D>	   Pages down half screen.

	    <CTRL/U>	   Pages up half screen.

       Cursor Positioning Commands

	    j		   Moves cursor down one line, same column.

	    k		   Moves cursor up one line, same column.

	    h		   Moves cursor back one character.

	    l		   Moves cursor forward one character.

	    <RETURN>	   Moves cursor to beginning of next line.

	    0		   Moves cursor to beginning of current line.

	    $		   Moves cursor to end of current line.

	    <SPACE>	   Moves cursor forward one character.

	    nG		   Moves cursor to beginning of line n.  Default is last line of file.

	    /pattern	   Moves cursor forward to next occurrence of pattern.

	    ?pattern	   Moves cursor backward to next occurrence of pattern.

	    n		   Repeats last / or ? pattern search.

       Exiting view

	    ZZ		   Exits

	    :q		   Quits session.

Options
       -t tag	 Specifies  a  list of tag files. The tag files are preceded by a backslash () and are separated by spaces. The tag option should
		 always be the first entry.

       +command  Tells the editor to begin by executing the specified command.	An example would be +/pattern that would search for a pattern.

       -l	 Sets the showmatch and lisp options for viewing LISP code..

       -r	 Retrieves the last saved version of the name'd file in the event of a system crash. If no file is  specified,	a  list  of  saved
		 files is produced.

       -wn	 Sets  the default window size to n.  This option is useful for starting in a small window on dialups.	The -x option is available
		 only if the Encryption layered product is installed.

       -x	 Causes to prompt for a key.  The key is used to encrypt and decrypt the contents of the file.	If the	file  has  been  encrypted
		 with one key, you must use the same key to decrypt the file.

See Also
       edit(1), ex(1), vi(1)
       The Little Gray Book: An ULTRIX Primer
       The Big Gray Book: The Next Step with ULTRIX
       "An Introduction to Display Editing with vi" in the Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User

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