Re: How to control the behavior acted by vim after searching in files with grep ?

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Lenin Lee wrote:
> Hi there,
> I used grep to search in files, but vim always opens the first matching
> file.
> I wonder how to control this behavior, is there a way to stop opening a
> match automatically

Use the ! flag.

:grep! foo *.c

> or open it in a new split window ?

Split the window before doing the search:

:split | grep foo *.c

~Matt

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