Peter Hodge wrote:
Try:/^.\{-}home.\{-}\zshome for your reference: \{-} makes the '.' match as little as possible \zs makes the search match begin at this point in the pattern
To generalize to the n-th occurrence: (put the qty of skipped matches in N) /^.\{-}\%(home.\{-1,}\)\{N}\zshome So, for the 2nd home: let N=1. Regards, Chip Campbell