Why not just use external grep in vim if that's what you want? :[range]!grep -v
On Jan 25, 2013, at 7:20 AM, Catalin Ciurea <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday, January 25, 2013 11:21:37 AM UTC+2, skyworld wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> does vi has a fuction like "grep -v"? I always found I need to seach >> >> within the file with those lines which exclue specific strings. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> regards > > See the :grep command (:he :grep) in Vim. > This command uses the 'grepprg' option to check what program to call. By > default is 'grep -n'(See :he 'grepprg') > > You can always do something like: > set grepprg+=-v > :grep foo * > > Check :vimgrep command also. It uses Vim regular expressions and an internal > search engine. (Slower but if you are familiar with Vim re, it's a good > option) > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
