I have a list of items where I want to replace the first two characters:
a) item 1
b) item 2
c) item 3
What is the fastest way to make this:
* item 1
* item 2
* item 3
I have an approach with visual mode (Ctr-v, jjj, but need to do two replace commands. Iirc, this replacement can be done with 1 command)
.,.+2s/^../*/
(or equivalently in a visual selection)? Why two replace commands?2c
would replace two characters. – muru Feb 20 '15 at 8:40Ctrl-C
instead ofEsc
? This prevents, among other things, changes being applied to each line of a Visual-block selection. – tommcdo Feb 20 '15 at 10:48