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Vim's standard search commands are / for forward search and ? for backward search. To start a search from normal mode: press /, type your pattern, press <CR> to perform the search. Examples: /foobar<CR> search forward for foobar ?foo\/bar<CR> search backward for ...

In normal mode, move the cursor to any word then press * to search forwards for the next occurrence of the word under the cursor, or press # to search backwards. * or # search for the exact word under the cursor: searching for big would only find big and not bigger. Under the hood, Vim uses a sim...

The :global command already has its own topic: The global command