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created 2005 · complexity basic · author Matous Jan Fialka · version 6.0


When editing a file containing IP addresses, it may be helpful to highlight the addresses in a special color. Adding the following code to vimrc will highlight instances of IP addresses in the file being edited.

syn match ipaddr /\(\(25\_[0-5]\|2\_[0-4]\_[0-9]\|\_[01]\?\_[0-9]\_[0-9]\?\)\.\)\{3\}\(25\_[0-5]\|2\_[0-4]\_[0-9]\|\_[01]\?\_[0-9]\_[0-9]\?\)/
hi link ipaddr Identifier

This will highlight IP addresses the same way identifiers are highlighted in source code files. The following regular expression is used to find each address to be highlighted.

((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)

Other regular expressions can be used to find and highlight other patterns within text.

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For a detailed explanation about how this works and for a similar regex for IPv6 addresses, refer to this article: Regex for IP

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