How to highlight words in vi editor in AIX
 

How to highlight words in vi editor in AIX.

Which version of VI, which version of AIX?

AIX 7.1 , version for vi editor not known.

Are you referring to syntax highlighting?

No . I mean when I open a file in vi editor then I want to search a word in the entire file and that word should be hightlighted.

probably this link will help you: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Highlight_...attern_matches

Hi ,

The link which you provided doesn't help . ":set hlsearch" doesnot help.

Please help

You can't do this in vi.

There are some programs that replace/extend 'vi'... one of them is 'vim'
http://www.vim.org/download.php#unix

If you use 'vim', you can pretend it is an improved 'vi'. That's why it is called 'vi improved'

i think you can not do this in VI AIX

---------- Post added 09-16-14 at 03:54 AM ----------

I think you can not do this in VI AIX

It is not inherently impossible to install new programs on an AIX... I did that sometimes and survived.

Well,. in vi/vim,. to highlight you would just use

Or am I misunderstanding?

I'd say it is if the "other editor" does everything vi does in exactly the same way (unlike emacs), plus provide the requested feature :-)

Vim for AIX can be obtained from IBM or perzl.org.