C.G.Senthilkumar. wrote:

How do I find long lines in a large text file?
(I want to be able to define long lines arbitrarily.
For default, lets say, it is 80 characters.)


"Find" is a little ambiguous, as you'll see with the options below:

/\%80c     (go to next line having an 80th real-column character)
/\%80v     (go to next line having an 80th virtual-column character)

If you'd also like to highlight entire lines having 80+ characters, then

:set hls
/^.*\%80c.\+$/
/^.*\%80v.\+$/

:nohls

will turn highlighting back off.

Regards,
Chip Campbell

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