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From: hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Doing an nfind in vi
Keywords: vi nfind
Message-ID: <3593@wn1.sci.kun.nl>
Date: 27 May 91 12:52:02 GMT
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In <1356@dg.dg.com> carlson@mrx.webo.dg.com (James Carlson) asks:
>Does anyone out there know how to locate the next line that does *not*
>contain a particular string in vi?

The best I can come up with is

:+,$v/string/a

This will move the cursor to the next line not containing the string and
then inform you that :a is not a legal command from open/visual mode.

Anyone with a better idea?


Hans Mulder	hansm@cs.kun.nl