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# 1  
Old 06-27-2011
Look for an expression in VI
Hi,
on HP Unix;
how to look for an expression in vi ?

I know look for a word :
Code:
/myword

But for an expression like "Jun 23 11:30" ??

Thank you.
# 2  
Old 06-27-2011
If it is the colon that hurts then escape it
Code:
/Jun 23 11\:30

You can also go to end of file :

G (that's uppercase)

and then launch a backward search

?word

instead of a forward search

/word
# 3  
Old 06-27-2011
yes thank you.
# 4  
Old 06-27-2011
You can also use
Code:
n

to go to the next occurence and
Code:
N

to go to the previous
Code:
r

andthen a singular input to replace
Code:
i

for insert
Code:
esc

to get out of insert

Thought it might help, I do alot of pattern matching and those commands I commonly use Smilie
# 5  
Old 06-28-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aussiemick
You can also use
Code:
n

to go to the next occurence

and
Code:
N

to go to the previous
Note that "n" does the search in the same way than your initial search so if you started your search with "?" it will search for next occurrence to top and if "/" it will search for next occurrence to bottom.

"N" will just go the other way
 
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