Quick find and replace a fixed placeholder

Question

I have a config file that have placeholder PKG, in workflow, I need to replace this PKG with a string but typing :%s/blah/blah/g cost time.

I need a quick map key that asks for a string to replace then replace all PKG with that string.

Can vim do that? :)

statox · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-16 12:11:20Z

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Something like this:

nnoremap <KEY> :%s/PKG//g<Left><Left>

It populates the command line with :%s/PKG//g with the cursor between //. You can then simply type the new string and Enter

answered Aug 16 '18 at 12:11

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I just need that, a wrapper would overkill. – Tuyen Pham Aug 16 '18 at 12:13
May want to add :keeppatterns to avoid adding /PKG/ to the search history. See :h :keeppatterns – Peter Rincker Aug 16 '18 at 14:07

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