-- is there a way to copy up to a search term, _including_ the term?

Question

If I have the following words

cat Oliver Louis

and the cursor is on "c", I can copy up to the beginning of Louis with y/Louis<CR> (where "CR" is the enter key), which will copy the string "cat Oliver ".

Is there a way to copy the search term, "Louis", as well, for a copied string of "cat Oliver Louis"? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use the /e modifier: y/Louis/e<CR>. If you want to repeat the last search pattern, just leave it out: y//e<CR>.

:help search-offset