Re: does vi has a funtion like "grep -v"?

On Friday, January 25, 2013 11:21:37 AM UTC+2, skyworld wrote:
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> does vi has a fuction like "grep -v"? I always found I need to seach
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> within the file with those lines which exclue specific strings.
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> regards

See the :grep command (:he :grep) in Vim.
This command uses the 'grepprg' option to check what program to call. By default is 'grep -n'(See :he 'grepprg')

You can always do something like:
set grepprg+=-v
:grep foo *

Check :vimgrep command also. It uses Vim regular expressions and an internal search engine. (Slower but if you are familiar with Vim re, it's a good option)

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