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Asked: 2026-05-27T19:53:26+00:00

After I have opened a file include()ed with gf , how can I copy

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After I have opened a file include()ed with gf, how can I copy text from that file into the original file’s search function?

For instance, if I am working on a PHP file and it has a line:

include("someFile.php");

I would put the cursor on someFile.php and press gf. In that file I see the text function reallyLongFunctionName() {}. I would like to search for that function in the original file. I can copy the function name with v and then Ctrl-O my way back to the original file, but now how do I perform the search?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can just press * on the function name, and when you return to the original file it will already be highlighted. Press n to find the first instance. * locates all instances of the word under the cursor in all buffers.

    It sounds like you’re doing a tag lookup (Ctl–]) in reverse.

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