This script allows to search for an identifier in the current open file without using an identifier, that is displays the "tags" file for current opened file. Shell script: cat /usr/local/bin/vimlocal.sh echo | /usr/bin/ctags --extra=+fq --if0=yes --file-scope=yes --fields=+afmikKlnsz --c-types=+cdefgmnpstuvx --c++-types=+cdefgmnpstuvx -x -n --filter "$@" | tr -s '[ ]' '@' |sed -e "s,^\([_-~:A-Za-z]\+\)@\([_-~:A-Za-z]\+\)@\([0-9]\+\).*, \3 \1," | sed -e "s,[_-~A-Za-z]\+::,,"|sort -k1 -n |uniq Vim mapping: map :!/usr/local/bin/vimlocals.sh % : Note: 1. ctags options probably don't have to be so many.