Re: :buffers -- I'm probably doing something wrong ;)

On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 12:03 AM Dominique Pellé
<dominique.pelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Kennedy, Marcus A. <Marcus.Kennedy@rocket.com> wrote:
>
> > :buf bc.h
> >
> > and I get back "E93: More than one match for bc.h". So, I think, hmm,
> > wonder what I did. I'll look at the buffers. But, I have more than 75
> > buffers on the command line. When I go to see why I have duplicate bc.h
> > files, I cannot find them due to the number of buffers. Unfortunately,
> > if I press any key, the buffers window exits and I cannot see anything.
> > I've done some searching on the web but cannot find the correct way to
> > scroll through the buffers list.
> >
> > What is the correct way to scroll the buffers list?
>
> When looking at buffers with :ls you can scroll with
> the keys f and b (forward & backward).
>
> But more efficient in your case would be to do:
>
> :filter /bc.h/ ls

Since the pattern is a Vim search pattern (not a shell glob pattern)
the dot should be backslash-escaped. I would try

:filter /\<bc\.h\>/ ls

>
> ... which will filter the :ls command to show only result
> matching the regex bc.h
>
> Regards
> Dominique

Best regards,
Tony.

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