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# 1  
Old 11-20-2009
Commang to search two strings in vi
Hi All,

Could you help me to get the command to search two different strings in a file using vi as editor.
I know that we use /StringToSearch for searching a string, but i want a command to search two strings.
Eg.
In FileOne i want to search the occurence of StringOne or StringTwo at a time.

Thanks in advance,
Giri!
# 2  
Old 11-20-2009
Code:
/StringOne\|StringTwo

# 3  
Old 11-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
Code:
/StringOne\|StringTwo



Hi,
I tried using the above command but it says " ex: 0602-007 The pattern does not exist".

Please help!
Thanks,
Giri.
# 4  
Old 11-20-2009
what is the version of vim is that ?

while googling i found this,
Code:
Message   ex: 0602-007 The pattern does not exist.        
Notes   There are no (more) occurrances in this file of whatever you are searching for.

From: ex: 0602-007 The pattern does not exist.
# 5  
Old 11-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by thegeek
what is the version of vim is that ?

while googling i found this,
Code:
Message   ex: 0602-007 The pattern does not exist.        
Notes   There are no (more) occurrances in this file of whatever you are searching for.

From: ex: 0602-007 The pattern does not exist.
Hi,
I am not sure how to find the version of vi(if u can help me find the version it will be of great help!).
My OS is AIX.
Also i am searching for the pattren which is present in the file. Since i tried to search the two strings the above error came.

Thanks,
Giri!
# 6  
Old 11-20-2009
Finding vi version:

Code:
$ vi --version

Code:
$ vi --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.1 (2007 May 12, compiled Jan 31 2008 12:00:11)

# 7  
Old 11-20-2009
If your vi doesn't support that, either "grep" or "egrep" will. I don't know if that helps you (you said you needed this in vi) but I'll mention it just in case.

Way back when you needed "egrep"

Code:
egrep "one|two" file
# No "\" needed

Today, most grep's support that directly, but if yours does not, use "egrep"

Clumsily, within vi you could

Code:
:!nl yourfile | egrep "String1|String2"

and then move to the line numbers displayed.
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