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ArM
ArM

Reputation: 307

Is there an alternative to escaping '/' in vi editor when searching for strings with '/' in them?

I frequently find myself searching for paths such as /a/b/c/file.txt in files (log files, scripts, etc.), using vi editor. This is usually on some server machine, to which I connect using SSH, so I'm looking for solutions which don't require a GUI editor.

It's painful to have to escape all those /s every time I want to search for string such as a file path.

Is there any alternative to using / while searching in vi? Or, is there some setting that will allow me to set this search character to something else? (even if it sets it only for the active session)

I know I can use grep, but a solution in vi would be nice.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 134

Answers (3)

fedorqui
fedorqui

Reputation: 290445

You can use another delimiter, such as #:

:s#search#replace#g

Test

Given a file with this content:

hello this is me/you

I type:

:s#me/you#otherthing#g

And now the text is:

hello this is otherthing

Upvotes: 1

jthill
jthill

Reputation: 60585

You could try :cmap <C-/> \/

Upvotes: 0

Sriharsha Kalluru
Sriharsha Kalluru

Reputation: 1823

You can use the ? character instead of /, But the only difference is /will do a forward search from top to bottom where as ? will search from last to first line.

Upvotes: 2

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