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See Groundwork, for Ex address syntax. See Options, to see how to get literal (non-regular-expression) search and how to stop search from wrapping around.
| <count> /<string> | To the <count>th occurrence of <string>. |
| <count> ?<string> | To the <count>th previous occurrence of <string>. |
| <count> g<move> | Search for the text described by move. (off by default) |
| n | Repeat latest / ? (next). |
| N | Idem in opposite direction. |
| % | Find the next bracket and go to its match |
| :[x,y]g/<string>/<cmd> | Search globally [from line x to y] for <string> and execute the Ex <cmd> on each occurrence. |
| :[x,y]v/<string>/<cmd> | Execute <cmd> on the lines that don't match. |
| #g<move> | Execute the last keyboard macro for each line in the region. See Macros and Registers, for more info. |
| Q | Query Replace. |
| :ta <name> | Search in the tags file where <name> is defined (file, line), and go to it. |
| :[x,y]s/<pat>/<repl>/<f> | Substitute (on lines x through y) the pattern <pat> (default the last
pattern) with <repl>. Useful
flags <f> are `g' for `global' (i.e. change every
non-overlapping occurrence of <pat>) and `c' for
`confirm' (type `y' to confirm a particular
substitution, else `n'). Instead of / any
punctuation character other than <space> <tab> and <lf> can be used as
delimiter.
Note: The newline character (inserted as C-qC-j) can be used in <repl>. |
| & | Repeat latest Ex substitute command, e.g. :s/wrong/right. |
| :global /<pattern>/<ex-command>
:g /<pattern>/<ex-command> |
Execute <ex-command> on all lines that match <pattern>. |
| :vglobal /<pattern>/<ex-command>
:v /<pattern>/<ex-command> |
Execute <ex-command> on all lines that do not match <pattern>. |
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