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Re: How to search a whole word in emacs?
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Johan Bockgård |
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Re: How to search a whole word in emacs? |
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Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:45:12 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
"webinfinite@gmail.com" <webinfinite@gmail.com> writes:
> I need to search a whole word in a big file. For example, I need to
> search "Machine" but I don't need to know anything like
> "machine_state", "running_machine_state" etc. The search shall be case
> sensitive.
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> I've tried C-s ret C-w Machine but it returns every word with
> "Machine" in it. I just need the exact word.
`running_machine_state' usually counts as a symbol consisting of three
words. You need to search for symbol, not word, boundaries (works only
in Emacs >= 22):
C-M-s \_<Machine\_>
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Johan Bockgård