vi search text code example

Example 1: vim search for word

# Basic syntax:
/word # To search for the word "word"

# If a match is found, use n and N to navigate to next or previous matches

# Note, special characters like "/" need to be escaped with \. E.g., to
# 	search for path/to/directory you'd write:
/path\/to\/directory

Example 2: vi search

To search forward, press / and to search backward press ?, type the search pattern and press Enter to run the search: