Show Count of Matches in Vim

Question

There is a nice feature in Google Chrome when you do a search. It tells you the number of matches there is for the keyword you are searching for. However, in Vim I don\'t se

Answer 1

Here's a cheap solution ... I used Find and Replace All in Vim. No fancy scripting. I did a Find X and Replace All with X. At the end, Vim reports "2134 substitutions on 9892 lines". X appeared 2134 times. Use :q! to quit the file without saving it. No harm done.