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​​Vim’s Replace Tips – Mosky’s Notes

​​Report Number of Matches

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​​:%s/word//ng

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• ​​g: do multiple times in a line (usually you want it).

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​​Replace After Confirm

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​​:%s/word//c

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​​[c]     Confirm each substitution.  Vim highlights the matching string (with

​​        hl-IncSearch).  You can type:                           :s_c

​​            'y'     to substitute this match

​​            'l'     to substitute this match and then quit ("last")

​​            'n'     to skip this match

​​            <Esc>   to quit substituting

​​            'a'     to substitute this and all remaining matches

​​            'q'     to quit substituting

​​            CTRL-E  to scroll the screen up

​​            CTRL-Y  to scroll the screen down

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​​Replace With Matched

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​​:%s/app/&le/       " app -> apple, or

​​:%s/app/\0le/      " or

​​:%s/\(app\)/\1le/

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​​Replace With Register

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​​/something

​​:%s/<C-R>/

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​​Replace With Different Delimiters

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​​:%s'/home/mosky'/home/notmosky'

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​​Replace From Current Line

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​​:.,$s/something//

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​​Replace With \n and \r

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​​:%s/\n\+/\r/  " Replace newlines with a newline.

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​​When magic (default), whose special chars are \ * ^ $ . [] ~, the + is a normal char, and the \ makes + have the special meaning. And note that \n is end-of-line and \r is <CR> in Vim.

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​​Replace Without Magic

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