Table of Contents Tip 79: Meet the Search Command Execute a Search References: Specify the Search Direction Repeat the Last Search Recall Historical Searches

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If you ever need to search from the current cursor position to the end of the document without wrapping around, you can disable the 'wrapscan' option.

• The `n` command preserves the direction as well as any offsets that were applied to the previous search.
• The `N` command always goes in the opposite direction from the last search.

| Command | Effect | | `n` | Jump to next match, preserving direction and offset | | `N` | Jump to previous match, preserving direction and offset | | `/` | Jump forward to next match of same pattern | | `?` | Jump backward to previous match of same pattern |

When the search prompt is visible, we can scroll through the previous searches by pressing the `` key.