Is it possible to show/hide all matching lines in vi or Vim? Not highlight but just show only those lines.
For example I have a text with word the word ERROR. How do I make it show only lines containing ERROR and how to show only lines without ERROR?
Is there a solution without deleting all matching lines and then just undoing it?
Do you know about the :global command? Does this do what you want?
:g/ERROR
and for the opposite:
:g!/Error
or equivalently:
:v/Error
You can use
:g/ERROR/
to print all the lines with ERROR
Also there is a Vim plugin which I saw many times but didn't use: foldsearch : fold away lines that don't match a given pattern
:vimgrep /something/g % | copen works awesome. Also :g/<pattern>/d can be used to delete lines with the pattern
in case you happen to use fzf you could use:
:Lines in all open files:BLines only in open buffer:Rg [pattern] using ripgrepSome hackish dirty way to do this:
:w (save)
ggdG (deletes everything)
:.!grep something % (replace current line with grep output)