Vim: select until first match

Question

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I want select everything from the beginning until first occur of hello

I try this

/^.*hello

But it returns whole text until the last hello.

So how to do it?

Answer 1

You can use the visual mode and then search for hello to extend it

0v/hello<cr>

should do it

Otherwise to do a "non-greedy" search you can try {-}

/^.\{-\}hello

Answer 2

Just make the capture non-greedy:

/^.\{-}hello

This matches "as few as possible".