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Searching word in vim?

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vim

like this:

/\<word\>

\< means beginning of a word, and \> means the end of a word,

Adding @Roe's comment:
VIM provides a shortcut for this. If you already have word on screen and you want to find other instances of it, you can put the cursor on the word and press '*' to search forward in the file or '#' to search backwards.


  1. vim filename
  2. press /
  3. type word which you want to search
  4. press Enter

If you are working in Ubuntu,follow the steps:

  1. Press / and type word to search
  2. To search in forward press 'SHIFT' key with * key
  3. To search in backward press 'SHIFT' key with # key

For basic searching:

  • /pattern - search forward for pattern
  • ?pattern - search backward
  • n - repeat forward search
  • N - repeat backward

Some variables you might want to set:

  • :set ignorecase - case insensitive
  • :set smartcase - use case if any caps used
  • :set incsearch - show match as search