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How to find <foo> but not <<foo>> in following text:

---------<foo>--------

---------<<foo>>------

I try /\(<<\)\@!\zsfoo,it does't work correctly. thanks

Solution

  • You can use

    :g/\(<\)\@<!<foo>\(>\)\@!

    Or, since < and > are single char strings, you may even discard the grouping parentheses:

    :g/<\@<!<foo>>\@!

    Details

    • \(<\)\@<! / <\@<! - a location not immediately preceded with < char
    • <foo> - a <foo> string
    • \(>\)\@! / >\@! - immediately to the right, there must be no > char.