Is there a way to search for multiple strings simultaneously in Vim? I recall reading somewhere that it was possible but somehow forgot the technique.
So for example, I have a text file and I want to search for "foo" and "bar" simultaneously (not necessarily as a single string, can be in different lines altogether).
How do I achieve that?
/^joe.*fred.*bill/ : find joe AND fred AND Bill (Joe at start of line)
/fred\|joe : Search for FRED OR JOE
Actually I found the answer soon after I posted this (yes I did google earlier but was unable to locate it. Probably was just searching wrong)
The right solution is
/(foo\|bar)
@Paul Betts: The pipe has to be escaped
Vim supports regular expressions by starting in command mode with a '/'.
So using something like "/(foo\|bar)" (as was stated before) would solve the problem. It's good to know why that works and what you are using (regular expressions).
/(foo|bar)
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/131559/advanced-searching-in-vim