diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index 7928af7..bce4aac 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -307,49 +307,73 @@
 	    cmdmod = save_cmdmod;
 
 	    cmd = skip_range(ea.cmd, NULL);
-	    if (*cmd == 's' || *cmd == 'g' || *cmd == 'v')
+	    if (*cmd == 's' || *cmd == 'g' || *cmd == 'v' || *cmd == 'l')
 	    {
 		// Skip over "substitute" to find the pattern separator.
 		for (p = cmd; ASCII_ISALPHA(*p); ++p)
 		    ;
-		if (*skipwhite(p) != NUL
-			&& (STRNCMP(cmd, "substitute", p - cmd) == 0
-			    || STRNCMP(cmd, "smagic", p - cmd) == 0
-			    || STRNCMP(cmd, "snomagic", MAX(p - cmd, 3)) == 0
-			    || STRNCMP(cmd, "sort", p - cmd) == 0
-			    || STRNCMP(cmd, "global", p - cmd) == 0
-			    || STRNCMP(cmd, "vglobal", p - cmd) == 0))
+		if (*skipwhite(p) != NUL)
 		{
-		    if (*cmd == 's' && cmd[1] == 'm')
-			p_magic = TRUE;
-		    else if (*cmd == 's' && cmd[1] == 'n')
-			p_magic = FALSE;
-
-		    // Check for "global!/".
-		    if (*cmd == 'g' && *p == '!')
+		    if (STRNCMP(cmd, "substitute", p - cmd) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "smagic", p - cmd) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "snomagic", MAX(p - cmd, 3)) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "sort", MAX(p - cmd, 3)) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "global", p - cmd) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "vglobal", p - cmd) == 0)
 		    {
-			p++;
-			if (*skipwhite(p) == NUL)
-			    return FALSE;
+			if (*cmd == 's' && cmd[1] == 'm')
+			    p_magic = TRUE;
+			else if (*cmd == 's' && cmd[1] == 'n')
+			    p_magic = FALSE;
+
+			// Check for "global!/".
+			if (*cmd == 'g' && *p == '!')
+			{
+			    p++;
+			    if (*skipwhite(p) == NUL)
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+
+			// For ":sort" skip over flags.
+			if (cmd[0] == 's' && cmd[1] == 'o')
+			{
+			    while (ASCII_ISALPHA(*(p = skipwhite(p))))
+				++p;
+			    if (*p == NUL)
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+
+			p = skipwhite(p);
+			delim = *p++;
+			end = skip_regexp(p, delim, p_magic, NULL);
+		    }
+		    else if (STRNCMP(cmd, "vimgrep", MAX(p - cmd, 3)) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "vimgrepadd", MAX(p - cmd, 8)) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "lvimgrep", MAX(p - cmd, 2)) == 0
+			|| STRNCMP(cmd, "lvimgrepadd", MAX(p - cmd, 9)) == 0)
+		    {
+			// Check for "!/".
+			if (*p == '!')
+			{
+			    p++;
+			    if (*skipwhite(p) == NUL)
+				return FALSE;
+			}
+			p = skipwhite(p);
+			delim = (vim_isIDc(*p)) ? ' ' : *p++;
+			end = skip_regexp(p, delim, p_magic, NULL);
+		    }
+		    else
+		    {
+			end = p;
+			delim = -1;
 		    }
 
-		    // For ":sort" skip over flags.
-		    if (cmd[0] == 's' && cmd[1] == 'o')
-		    {
-			while (ASCII_ISALPHA(*(p = skipwhite(p))))
-			    ++p;
-			if (*p == NUL)
-			    return FALSE;
-		    }
-
-		    p = skipwhite(p);
-		    delim = *p++;
-		    end = skip_regexp(p, delim, p_magic, NULL);
 		    if (end > p || *end == delim)
 		    {
 			pos_T	save_cursor = curwin->w_cursor;
 
-			// found a non-empty pattern
+			// found a non-empty pattern or //
 			*skiplen = (int)(p - ccline.cmdbuff);
 			*patlen = (int)(end - p);