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For eample, I'm editing this code: 

<html>
<body>
<script>
    var a = 10;
    a += 100;
</script>
</body>
</html>

now I need to indent the script line: 

<html>
<body>
    <script>
        var a = 10;
        a += 100;
    </script>
</body>
</html>

How could I do this without moving cursor to the begin of each line and press Tab?

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In command mode: gg=G – Prince John Wesley Jul 19 '11 at 8:22

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Press V to switch to VISUAL LINE mode and highlight the lines you want to indent by pressing j. Then press > to indent them. So the complete command would be Vjjj>.

Alternatively, put your cursor on the <script> tag and use 4>> to indent four lines.

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Also, when changing multiple indent levels, . is extremely useful (it will move the same 'block' wether with visual, marks or a [count] like the above 4>>). – Pif Jan 17 '12 at 11:18
Also, if your syntax file can do tag matching, you can have your cursor on the word "script", and press v for visual mode, % to go to matching tag, and > to indent or = to auto indent based on syntax, so the total command would be v%> or v%= – ben Feb 1 at 20:42
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To supplement the above answer, take a look here. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/235839/how-do-i-indent-multiple-lines-quickly-in-vi

There are more than one way to do this, and I can't hope to compete with documentation already provided there.

My personal favorite is == to auto-indent. 5== to auto-indent 5 lines.

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Here is a nice approach, if you are trying to indent over a great number of lines:

:/<script>/,/<\/script>/ >>
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If it was me, I would notice that there are 4 lines to indent, position onto the top line and then type >4>. If there were too many lines to count, I would position onto the top line and type mk to make a mark named k, then position onto the bottom line (which might be several screenfuls away), and type >'k

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