Re: Why regexp works different in stock vi vs. vim

[Ax0n]

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man1/ex.1?query=vi

⟨*literal next*⟩Escape the next character from any special meaning. The
⟨literal next⟩ character is usually ⟨control-V⟩.

This does the trick for me:
/^V<tab>


On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Артур Истомин
<art.is...@yandex.ru> wrote:

> I have file where first symbols are tabs:
>
>         Sally tried really really hard
>                 Timmy tried really really really hard
>                         Johnny tried really really really really hard
>
> When I search tabs in stock vi with '/\t'. It finds all words 'tried'. In
> vim it finds tabs. Why? In fact, I can't find tabs in stock vi anyhow.My
> system is OpenBSD 5.8
>
> Thanks.