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I know that with Vim's substitution command you can specific a range of lines:
:12,24s/search/replace I want to be able to specify a range with normal searches as well. Something like
:12,24/search Since that doesn't seem to work (at least on my Vim configuration), does anybody know how to achieve this?
Thank you.
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The Vim goto line number command One can use the G letter. For example, press [ESC] key and type 10G (Shift-g) goto line number 10.
To do this, press Esc , type the line number, and then press Shift-g . If you press Esc and then Shift-g without specifying a line number, it will take you to the last line in the file. To look for the next occurrence after the first, either press n or press / again and then press Enter .
One can search forward in vim/vi by pressing / and then typing your search pattern/word. To search backward in vi/vim by pressing ? and then typing your search pattern/word. Once word found in vim, you can press the n key to go directly to the next occurrence of the word in backwards.
Great answer from akira. But after some digging, I found an alternative. It's not as elegant but easier to type in:
:12,24g/search/ This will give you one annoying prompt but it will end up on the first line within the range containing the sought string.
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:help search-range and then
:help /\%>l so essentially:
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