Searching from end of file using VIM

Question

How do I search from the end of file using VIM? I want to search for the last occurrence of XXXX in the open file.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12867573/searching-from-end-of-file-using-vim

Answer 1

My suggestion is to use a range combined with searching backwards via ?.

:1?XXXX

Overview:

• 1?XXXX is the range.
• The 1 means first line of the file.
• ?XXXX means search backwards from the first line (wrapping around) until you find the pattern XXXX

As ZyX mentioned this relies on wrapscan to be set, which it is by default. See :h 'wrapscan' for more information.