How to find a word in Vim or vi text editor

I am a new Linux and unix-like operating system user. how to search and find words in Vi/Vim ?

Introduction: vi and vim is a text editor for Linux,macOS,Unix,and *BSD family of operation sysytems.

Find a word in Vim or Vi text editor

To search using Vim/vi, for the current word:

1. In normal mode,you can search forward or backward.
2. One can search forward in Vim/Vi by pressing / and then typing your search word.
3. To search backward in Vim/Vi pressing ? and then typing your search wrod.
4. Once word found in Vim, you can press the n key to directly to the next occurrence of the word in backwards. Press the N to directly to the opposite direction,i.e. forwards.

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