Highlight only first match

Question

With Vim, I want to highlight only the first match of an expression. For instance, in the following text I want to highlight only the first a : `bdjh abc olkd abc abc` How can I realize this ?

Accepted Answer

You can make it explicit

```
/^.\{-}\zsa
```

This does:

- `^` (match start of line)

- `.\{-}` (match as few characters as possible)

- `\zs` (start of match)

- `a` (your pattern)

Highlight only first match

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