Difference between revisions of "Vim quick reference"
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Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from line 5 to line 12 inclusive | Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from line 5 to line 12 inclusive | ||
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| + | == copy / paste== | ||
The command ‘Y’ or ‘yy’ copies (yanks) one or more lines. To copy one line, two lines, 10 lines, and all lines to the end of the file, respectively: | The command ‘Y’ or ‘yy’ copies (yanks) one or more lines. To copy one line, two lines, 10 lines, and all lines to the end of the file, respectively: | ||
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10Y | 10Y | ||
yG | yG | ||
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| + | == delete blank lines== | ||
| + | :g/^$/d | ||
[[category:vim]] | [[category:vim]] | ||
Revision as of 23:10, 28 August 2013
search and replace
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in the current line
:s/foo/bar/g
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in all lines
:%s/foo/bar/g
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' for all lines from line 5 to line 12 inclusive
:5,12s/foo/bar/g
copy / paste
The command ‘Y’ or ‘yy’ copies (yanks) one or more lines. To copy one line, two lines, 10 lines, and all lines to the end of the file, respectively:
Y 2Y 10Y yG
delete blank lines
:g/^$/d
