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This post extracts some knowledge from Practical Vim Chapter 13 – Search.

Meet the Search Commands

markdown| Command | Effect |
|---------|--------|
| `n` | Jump to next match, preserving direction and offset |
| `N` | Jump to previous match, preserving direction and offset |
| `/<CR>` | Jump forward to next match of same pattern |
| `?<CR>` | Jump backward to previous match of same pattern |
| `gn` | Enable character-wise Visual mode and select next search match |
| `gN` | Enable character-wise Visual mode and select previous search match |

:nohlsearch command can be used to mute the search highlighting temporarily.

Shortcut	Meaning
`<C-r><C-w>`	Insert the word under the cursor into the command line
`<C-r><C-a>`	Insert the WORD under the cursor into the command line
`*`	Search forward for the word under the cursor
`#`	Search backward for the word under the cursor
`g*`	Search forward for the text under the cursor as a substring (not restricted to whole words)
`g#`	Search backward for the text under the cursor as a substring (not restricted to whole words)