How to find a Word in Vim or vi text editor

In Vim or vi text editor, you can search for a word in the following ways:

1. Normal mode search:

• Press the / key to initiate a forward search.
• Type the word you want to search for.
• Press Enter to initiate the search.
• Press n to move to the next match, or N to move to the previous match.

2. Visual mode search:

• Highlight the text you want to search for in visual mode.
• Press * to initiate a forward search for the selected text.
• Press # to initiate a backward search for the selected text.
• Press n to move to the next match, or N to move to the previous match.

Note: In both cases, you can use ? instead of / to initiate a backward search.

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