Searching word in vim?

Question

I can search word in vim with /word. How can I search only for word, excluding searches for word1 and word2?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

Basic search (once you have opened the file in vim) using vim:

-Hit ESC on your computer keyboard

-Hit the forward slash symbol on your keyboard /

-Type the word or symbol you intend to search; for example, to search for the term "rbmq" type /rbmq

-Hit Enter

-Hit n to search forward (moving towards the end of the file) and N to search backward (moving towards the beginning of the file)