filter search

Posted on:

How to filter search results

Display only matching lines

Typing & after forward search (/) or backward search (?) puts you in search term input mode. The search input mode inherits settings such as “regular expressions” and “case sensitivity”.

A “new document” is created that displays only the lines that match the search term you entered, and you move to that document.

If you specified a header line at this time, the header line will also be displayed.

You can switch documents with [ and ] as you would with multiple files open.

Since the line numbers are linked, if you move from the lines displayed by the filter to the original document with [, you will move to the corresponding line.

filter filter

Display non-matching lines

When you are in search term input mode with &, typing ! toggles to display non-matching lines (Non-match) mode.

To close all documents created by filter search, press K (uppercase). You can also close only that document with ctrl+k.