vim Searching in the current buffer Searching for the word under the cursor
Example
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 simple search with word boundaries atoms:
/\<big\>for*,?\<big\>for#.
g* or g# don't search for the exact word under the cursor: searching for big would find bigger.
Under the hood, Vim uses a simple search without word boundaries atoms:
/\<big\>for*,?\<big\>for#.
