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12.4    Search and Replace

In the default mode, (/) searchtext (Enter) moves the cursor to the text being searched for. (N) repeats the search, while (Shift)+(N) repeats the search backwards. To search backwards from the beginning, you want to start the search using (?) searchterm. Table 12.8 explains the most important special characters you can use to search for patterns.

Character	Meaning
.	Any character.
^ $	Start of line/end of line.
\< \>	Start of word/end of word.
[a-e]	A character between a and e.
\s, \t	A space or a tab character.
\( \)	Summarizes a search pattern as a group.
\=	The search term must occur 0 times or once.
*	The search term may occur any number of times (even 0 ...