What's the syntax for selecting a range of lines in Vim?

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What's the syntax for selecting a range of lines?

I want to run a command over lines 1405 until 1700.

And one from 1405 until the end of file, without wanting to look up that number.

Update: Is it possible to select a range from the current line to Nth line?

Mat · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-27 08:06:12Z

up vote 8 down vote accepted

You can do this (replace d with your command)

:1405,1700d

and

:1405,$d

edited Jan 27 '12 at 8:06

Mat
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answered Jan 26 '12 at 12:14

Bernhard
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Edd Steel · Answer 2 · 2012-01-26 19:47:03Z

up vote 3 down vote

For your update: use .,N where N is the line you want.

(and in case you have further updates, check out :he range).

answered Jan 26 '12 at 19:47

Edd Steel
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	RTFM instead of just asking? Crazy concept :) But yeah, quite helpful indeed. – k0pernikus Jan 26 '12 at 20:05
	worth a look :) – Edd Steel Jan 26 '12 at 20:20

dogbane · Answer 3 · 2012-01-26 12:22:36Z

up vote 2 down vote

Go to line 1405 by typing: 1405G.
Press V to switch to VISUAL LINE mode and then go to line 1701 by typing: 1701G.
Now your lines are selected, you can run a command on them. For example, to replace foo with bar type: :s/foo/bar/.

answered Jan 26 '12 at 12:22

dogbane
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