Like doing >>
but 5 times >>>>>>>>>>>>.
I am not trying to indent multiple lines.
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You can use :>. Repeat > as many times as you want to shift. For example, if you want to shift 5 times use :>>>>>.
Personally, I would just use >> and then repeat the command with the . (repeat) command.
For more help see:
:h :>
:h >>
:h .
answered Mar 30, 2018 at 16:25
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is there a hack for
:>to indent multiple lines multiple times? Feb 24, 2022 at 14:21 -
Not that I am aware of. You can always use cmdline-window and a count with
i/ato add many>, e.g.:<c-f>5><esc>. I do not think this is really faster or better Feb 24, 2022 at 15:10 -
You can do
:.,+4>>to add two indents to the current and next 4 lines (5 lines total). Then you can@:to repeat it.– idbriiJan 31 at 20:08
As an addition to Peter Rincker's answer, you can also enter visual-line mode (Shift+v) and use > with a count. Unlike in normal mode, the count is used to specify how many shiftwidths to indent.
If you prefer the comfort of giving a hard count, this is the only option that I'm aware of outside of a plugin or custom function.
Press shift-v to visually select the line, or block of lines.
Then in normal mode press
10>
The >takes a number input if a selection has been made.
Select a chunk of text in visual mode v and then 5>to indent 5 times.
answered Feb 2 at 14:58
