How do I go to the first search result in a file?

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00:00 How Do I Go To The First Search Result In A File?
00:24 Answer 1 Score 6
00:34 Accepted Answer Score 33
01:04 Answer 3 Score 12
01:18 Answer 4 Score 4
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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 33

ggn will bring you to the first instance of your search in the file -- the gg brings you the beginning of the file and the n goes to the next match of your pattern.

You can also use gg2n to go to the second instance in the file, or gg42n to go to the forty-second instance. You can similarly use G$N to go to the final match (G brings you to the final line, $ brings you to the end of that line, and N searches backwards), or G$2N to go to the penultimate one.

ANSWER 2

Score 12

Obscure Ex commands for the win:

:ij[ump] foo  "jumps to first foo that is not in a comment
:ij[ump]! foo "jumps to first foo, comment or not

ANSWER 3

Score 6

Use the gg command to navigate to the beginning of the file.

gg

/foo

ANSWER 4

Score 4

The gD command will search from the top of the file for the word under the cursor.

The related gd command will search from the top of the current c-like function.