vi editor question
 

hello,

This is a very simple or may be a silly question. In vi editor when i search for a text using '/wordtobesearched', if the word is found it shows in brown color. And that is highlighted always. sometimes it is very irritating.... could anyone tell how to disable that?

thanks....

Not sure about vi but the ViM FAQ's :

http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/vimfaq.html

note:

10.1. After I searched for a text with a pattern, all the matched text
stays highlighted. How do I turn off the highlighting
temporarily/permanently?

I use a simpler approach myself. Try to search for a word that doesn't exist in the file and the highlights will go off. :D

My favourite is: /hahaha
(You seldom find this in serious documents :) )

:set nohlsearch

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