Search: / n N — Vim

Searching is moving. You never counted words or lines — you named the thing you wanted, then tapped n to walk the rest of the matches.

Vim Search: / n N

intermediate » Search for "foo", then jump to the next match with n.

goal

foo bar foo baz foo

scratch.txt

1 foo bar foo baz foo

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keys

your keystrokes appear here as you press them

NORMAL ~/learn/vim-motions · 1/2 · /…n real vim keys trail · always esc in-editor

Best on a keyboard

“Search: / n N” is a hands-on typing drill — it needs a physical keyboard. Open it on a laptop or desktop to play. You can still browse and read everything here on your phone.

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NORMAL ~/memra/learn/vim-motions/search-the-file utf-8 LF