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It is easy to search for the word under the cursor using the super star (*). Here is how to search all files in a directory.
Enter the command :set grepprg? to determine what program is used on your system to execute the :grep command. If it is the grep utility, the following mappings allow searching files in a directory for the word under the cursor.
:nnoremap gr :grep <cword> *<CR> :nnoremap Gr :grep <cword> %:p:h/*<CR> :nnoremap gR :grep '\b<cword>\b' *<CR> :nnoremap GR :grep '\b<cword>\b' %:p:h/*<CR>
The first mapping searches for the text in the word under the cursor (like g*) in any of the files in the current directory.
The second mapping searches for the text in the word under the cursor (like g*) in any of the files in the same directory as the current file.
The third mapping searches for the whole word under the cursor (like *) in any of the files in the current directory.
The fourth mapping searches for the whole word under the cursor (like *) in any of the files in the same directory as the current file.
On a Windows system, 'grepprg' may be set to use the findstr utility. In that case, the last two mappings should be:
:nnoremap gR :grep "\<<cword>\>" *<CR> :nnoremap GR :grep "\<<cword>\>" %:p:h/*<CR>
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It would be nice if this tip also metion how to browse through the returned locations.
- See the Find in files within Vim tip. There's not really much here that isn't covered there. --Fritzophrenic (talk) 17:30, November 27, 2012 (UTC)