Great answer from akira. But after some digging, I found an alternative. It&#39;s not as elegant but easier to type in:

     :12,24g/search/

This will give you one annoying prompt but it will end up on the first line within the range containing the sought string.

    :help search-range

and then

    :help /\%&gt;l

so essentially:

    /\%&gt;12l\%&lt;24lsearch

Do you really need line numbers? Another way could be to select the range visually.

 1. select the range using v, V or whatever
 2. press ESC to unselect the range 
 3. search using `/\%Vwhat_to_search` to search for &#39;what_to_search&#39; in the previously selected range.

This is lesser to type, but not directly what you have asked for ;-)

See :help %V

[EDIT] Great, I have just learned that the range to search in can be changed after doing the search by selecting another range, unselecting this range again by pressing ESC and pressing n to repeat search. Vim is really always good for pleasant surprises.


Keep using the substitution command, but append the `gc` flags to your original example.

`:12,24s/search//gc`

From `:help search-range`

&gt; [To search within a range] use the
&gt; &quot;:substitute&quot; command with the &#39;c&#39;
&gt; flag.  

Example:
`:.,300s/Pattern//gc` 

&gt; This command will search from the
&gt; cursor position until line 300 for
&gt; &quot;Pattern&quot;.  At the match, you can type
&gt; &#39;q&#39; to stop, or &#39;n&#39; to find the next
&gt; match.

If there marks say a and b, then the search can be restricted to the region between a and b using

    /\%&gt;&#39;a\%&lt;&#39;bSearchText

This can be simplified with a cmap

    cmap vmsab /\%&gt;&#39;a\%&lt;&#39;b
    cmap vmscd /\%&gt;&#39;c\%&lt;&#39;d

Using [Narrow Region plugin][1] we can open a temporary buffer with the range we need to search or change

    :900,1000NarrowRegion
  
Then we can meke a search

    /thing

Or a change and write the buffer back

    :%s/this/that/g
    :wq


  [1]: https://github.com/chrisbra/NrrwRgn

If you would like to search to the end of the file, use $:

    :3,$s/pattern//gn

This will search from 3-d line to the end

I need to process a number of directories, determine what files in them are symlinks, and what they link to. This sounds simple, but I have no control over the presence of control or other characters in the file names, and I need a robust solution.

So, given a file of arbitrary name, how do I safely determine what it links to, when the link destination can also have arbitrary contents?

In Bash, how do I safely determine what a soft link points to?

I always use **unsigned int** for values that should never be negative. But today I
noticed this situation in my code:

    void CreateRequestHeader( unsigned bitsAvailable, unsigned mandatoryDataSize, 
        unsigned optionalDataSize )
    {
        If ( bitsAvailable – mandatoryDataSize &gt;= optionalDataSize ) {
            // Optional data fits, so add it to the header.
        }

        // BUG! The above includes the optional part even if
        // mandatoryDataSize &gt; bitsAvailable.
    }

Should I start using **int** instead of **unsigned int** for numbers, even if they
can&#39;t be negative?


Should you always use &#39;int&#39; for numbers in C, even if they are non-negative?

I know that with Vim&#39;s substitution command you can specific a range of lines:

    :12,24s/search/replace

I want to be able to specify a range with normal searches as well. Something like

    :12,24/search

Since that doesn&#39;t seem to work (at least on my Vim configuration), does anybody know how to achieve this?

Thank you.

VIM: Search only between specific line numbers?

I know that with Vim's substitution command you can specific a range of lines:
<pre><code class="hljs language-bash">:12,24s/search/replace
</code></pre>
I want to be able to specify a range with normal searches as well. Something like
<pre><code class="hljs language-bash">:12,24/search
</code></pre>
Since that doesn't seem to work (at least on my Vim configuration), does anybody know how to achieve this?
Thank you.

(Posting this question for reference purpose, I&#39;ll answer immediately)

How to add header search paths to Xcode?
Especially when including with this syntax:

    include &lt;myheader.h&gt;

1. Adding path globally to all projects like system headers.
2. Adding path to only to a specific project.

Adding system header search path to Xcode

Is there a way to grep for something inside a Github project&#39;s code?

I could pull the source and grep it locally, but I was wondering if it&#39;s possible through the web interface or a 3rd-party alternative.

Ideas?

Search code inside a Github project

For an array of size N, what is the number of comparisons required?

Find the 2nd largest element in an array with minimum number of comparisons

Any ideas on exactly how the new google instant search works?  It seems to just be AJAX calls to the old search, but it&#39;s pretty hard to simplify Google that much.  Anybody have speculations?

EDIT:
I know there is AJAX sent with each keypress, but is it predictive?  Or do you think it&#39;s just a regular ol&#39; google search?

How does Google Instant work?

Using php, I&#39;m trying to create a script which will search within a text file and grab that entire line and echo it.

I have a text file (.txt) titled &quot;numorder.txt&quot; and within that text file, there are several lines of data, with new lines coming in every 5 minutes (using cron job). The data looks similar to:

    2 aullah1
    7 name
    12 username

How would I go about creating a php script which will search for the data &quot;aullah1&quot; and then grab the entire line and echo it? (Once echoed, it should display &quot;2 aullah1&quot; (without quotations).

If I didn&#39;t explain anything clearly and/or you&#39;d like me to explain in more detail, please comment.



PHP to search within txt file and echo the whole line

Let us say that I yanked the following word:
**Cheese**.
Now I want to find **Cheese** within a text document. I hit the forward slash key(/)... and this is where I end.
Is there a way to search with Yanked word? Also, is there a way you can use yanked words in substitution(s:/yanked/beef/g)?

How do I find text with yanked text on vim?

I am using gVim 7.2 on Windows 7. I can set the gui font as Consolas 10 (font size) from the menu. I am trying to set this in `.vimrc` file like below:

    set guifont=Consolas\ 10

But it doesn&#39;t work. Does anyone know how to set this?

set gvim font in .vimrc file

I&#39;d like to run a macro on every line in a selection, rather than totalling up the number of lines in my head. For instance, I might write a macro to transform:

    Last, First

Into

    First Last

and I&#39;d like it to run on all these lines:

    Stewart, John 
    Pumpkin, Freddy
    Mai, Stefan
    ...

Any ideas Vim gurus?

EDIT: This is just an example, obviously this is trivialy regexable, but there are other instances that come up that aren&#39;t quite so easy that I&#39;d prefer to use macros.

Vim Macro on Every Line of Visual Selection

I want to do this:

    %s/shop_(*)/shop_\1 wp_\1/

Why doesn&#39;t `shop_(*)` match anything?

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