Searching for a specified word in the file opened in VI editor

Question

Please tell me how to search for a specifig word if the file is opened in VI Editor. I know we can do it by using /word_to_be_search but it will not do the exact search for the word.

Example
/sachin will searches for sachin_server, sachin_client and not only sachin

Answer 1

Try instead:

/\<word\>

the \< and \> match word boundaries.

Answer 2

/\<sachin\>

\< is the beginning of word, and \> is the end of word marker.

Answer 3

do this:

/\