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How to replace text after the cursor location in VIM
Suppose I have one line:
Linux is not_ Linux
My cursor lies on the _ mark and I want to replace the second Linux to Unix,how can I do that in vim?
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Replace using VIM, reuse part of the search pattern
I am working with VIm and trying to set up a search and replace command to do some replacements where I can re-use the regular expression that is part of my search string.
A simple example would be a ...
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Conditional search and replace on a line in vim?
Let' say I want to comment and uncomment a line.
I know I can
:s!^!//!
and then
:s!^//!!
Now what if I want this as an one-liner?
Basically, if a line starts with // then remove it, else add ...
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Vim :s replace first N < g occurrences on a line
In vim, I sometimes have occasion to replace the first few occurrences of a match on a line, but not every one like g would. e.g.:
a a a a a
to
b b b a a
I know I could use ...
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Case-preserving search and replace in vim?
In vim, I know I can search with or without case sensitivity. But if I want to search for a string in either upper or lower case, and replace it with a replacement of the same case, is that possible ...
