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created February 15, 2005 · complexity basic · author David S · version 5.7
It took me a while to notice this at :help :bar:
- '|' can be used to separate commands, so you can give multiple commands in one line. If you want to use '|' in an argument, precede it with '\'.
When using bar in grep from a shell prompt you would use something like:
grep -i "main\(menu\|tool\)" * or grep -iE "main(menu|tool)" *
However, you must remember to add an extra escape to the '|' character in your regex when using grep from Vim, like so:
grep -i "main\(menu\\|tool\)" * or grep -iE "main(menu\|tool)" *