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
 
  :5,12s/foo/bar/g
 
  :5,12s/foo/bar/g
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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==
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: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