http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man1/ex.1?query=vi
â¨*literal next*â©Escape the next character from any special meaning. The â¨literal nextâ© character is usually â¨control-Vâ©. This does the trick for me: /^V<tab> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:13 PM, ÐÑÑÑÑ ÐÑÑомин <art.is...@yandex.ru> wrote: > I have file where first symbols are tabs: > > Sally tried really really hard > Timmy tried really really really hard > Johnny tried really really really really hard > > When I search tabs in stock vi with '/\t'. It finds all words 'tried'. In > vim it finds tabs. Why? In fact, I can't find tabs in stock vi anyhow.My > system is OpenBSD 5.8 > > Thanks.