Tip 42: Open a File by Its Filename Using :find

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Configure the 'path'

• The 'path' option allows us to specify a set of directories inside of which vim will search when the :find command is invoked.

References

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h 'path'

• **: matches all subdirectories

References

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h file-searching

Smart Path Management with rails.vim

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Use :find to Look up Files by Name