Questions tagged [global-command]
Questions about the usage of the global command `:g` which executes an Ex command (default ":p") on the lines within a range a where a pattern matches.
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Equivalent of backreferences in a g command?
I'm formatting a multiple-choice quiz to be imported into an LMS. The questions are currently formatted like this, with the asterisk indicating the correct solution:
1. Question text
a. First answer
*...
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Deleting multiple pattern simultaneously
I would like to execute multiple deletions. The problem when a pattern is not found all deletions are cancelled. I used the e flag to tell vim the not founding a pattern is not an error, but it still ...
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Just the first line is deleted
Given the following file:
Stand
a
b
c
d
e
f
Stand
a
b
c
I would like to remove the lines that match the following pattern Stand\(.*\n\)\{4}
To achieve that I executed the command :g/Stand\(....
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Ex global command is silenced, why is execution still stopped on error (Neovim)?
I have a sample text:
123
456
If I delete the first line, why does
:silent! execute 'g/123/d' | execute 'g/456/d'
work while
:silent! g/123/d | g/456/d
doesn't work, unless I bring back the first ...
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Is there a way to apply syntax highlighting to the results of :g?
I do a lot of work with log files, and I use a lot of hi def foo and syn match foo in my .vimrc. Is there a way to apply that syntax formatting to the results of a :g command?
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Apply normal command to all regex matches on the same line
This comment convinced me that I don't need multiple cursors, however, it's missing one feature that multi-cursor can do, which is to perform actions on multiple regex matches on the same line.
:g is ...
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matching with single character > or lines that start with >\s
I want to delete any lines that either match ^>$ or >\s
I have something like this, but this doesn't work:nnoremap dq :.,$g/^>[\s$]/d<CR>
Here's a small sample where it should delete ...
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using g to paste matching lines under cursor
I wanted to copy a series of lines to a specific place in a file, and these are the options I see, all with g, the first two from the power of g
clear register, copy matching lines to register, paste ...
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How can I strip footnotes using :global?
I have a very large table covering many pages in a document. The same footnote appears under the table on every page and I want to strip the entire document of these lines so I'm left only with the ...
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Appending text to lines maintaining context
I'm trying to write some script (a function) which I can use to add some additions to a BASH script I'm modifying. This BASH script automates the building of a series of packages. The part of the ...
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Show "hit-enter message" with Syntax Highlighting?
To get a view of all function definitions in a file I type :g/function/#
Vim displays each line with the word "function" in a small "message window". I'd like to have my defined ...
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How to "match until"?
I have a CSV filled with text messages, and I want to be able to easily filter by sender/receiver. The last field indicates "SMS", "iMessage" or "WhatsApp"; the previous ...
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Understanding the use of ., in the global command
While doing some updates to my .vimrc file today, I stumbled across this for condensing blank lines (really empty lines) into a single empty line.
:map ;b GoZ<Esc>:g/^$/.,/./-j<CR>Gdd
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What is the empty space in this document and how do I. get rid of them
Here is my document:
What is the thing that my cursor is on? It is definitely not a whitspace as all white space should be marked with ␣.
And more importantly, how do I get rid of it?
I have tried
:g/...
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g[lobal] with a s[ubstitution]
I would like to add a dot after the first number in a line. I tried using the command below.
:g/\v^\d/exe "norm!:s/\v(\d)/\1\./^M"
The command above does not work. I recorded the macro @q=':...
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Delete all lines not matching a multi-line selection
I'm aware that :g/<body/ .,/body>/d can be used to delete everything within the multi-line selection betweeh <body and body>.
I'm also aware that :g!/<pattern>/d can be used to ...
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in vimscript how to write the code a CTRL-C to be executed
I run a sourced vimscript like this:
exec 'g#' . WE_var_searchmode . ' ' . WE_var_pattertosearch . '#exec " A | B | C | make_CTRL-C | ... | LAST " '
The outer execute '...' is needed to ...
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Is there a simple equivalent of :g/PATTERN/m0 that doesn't reverse the matched lines?
Occasionally I want to move all lines in a file to the top of that file. :g/PATTERN/m0 almost does what I want, but because :g operates one line at a time in order, it will also reverse the affected ...
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Why does this vim command fail?
I'm trying to process large error logs and part of that is filtering out lines I don't need to see. Here's what I'm running in vim:
:g/.*rsync: stat.*/d | %s/\(.*mkstemp "\)\(.* \/\)\(.*$\)/\2/ | ...
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How to execute multiple global commands in Vim not sequentially?
Using following test input:
***********
aaa
bbb
ccc
***********
ddd
eee
fff
-----------
ggg
hhh
iii
-----------
jjj
kkk
lll
-----------
***********
aaa
bbb
ccc
***********
ddd
eee
fff
-----------
...
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Something like :g/re/p - but only print the matches instead of whole lines?
Say we have the following code:
Lorem ipsum.
<input name="test1">
<input name="test2"> Lorem ipsum some long text possibly so long you lose your overview.
<input ...
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How to delete a range of lines not up to N lines under a lines matching a pattern?
Say I have a document
cat
dog
xxx
1
2
3
cow
xxx
a
b
c
horse
I would like to be able to run a command that will end up with
xxx
1
2
3
xxx
a
b
c
whereby the transformation is defined by matching all ...
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Deleting lines matching a pattern and put them into the buffer
I am trying to do this: deleting lines matching a pattern and then copy these lines into some other place in the file.
:g/PATTERN/d
does delete the lines but when I use p or P, only the last line is ...
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Join multiple lines based on pattern
I have text bounded by quotes as follows
"This is
an example
of some text"
I want to join these into one line. e.g.
"This is an example of some text"
I have tried commands like ...
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Why is my global command coupled with a range command matching more lines than expected?
I have this file over here.
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Why does this pattern make :global work only on the first line of the highligted match?
\/\*.*\(\n\s\*.*\)*\n\s\*\/ is a pattern which I cooked up to match some multi-line C comments, i.e., in the format of:
/* Comment Text
* Comment Text
* Comment Text
*/
Searching for the pattern ...
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How do I delete matching lines in multiple files at once?
I want to delete lines containing a search term from multiple files. I used bufdo or argdo for similar tasks such performing a replacement with s over multiple files. However, bufdo g/SearchString/d | ...
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:command to abort sequence?
To be honest upfront, I wanted to use global to find the first non-matching line, as in
v,/usr/lib/, abort
(having slashes in the search pattern is the reason for using g instead of / — I'm editing a ...
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g/pattern/d but check first
I'd like to use Ex mode :g/pattern/d to delete most (but not all) of the rows containing pattern, but I want to see each one first and confirm before deleting, similar to :s/pattern/foo/gc. Is there a ...
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How do I append to the unnamed register?
In particular, I'd like to append to the unnamed register with the :global command.
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Syntax clarification on a global sort command
I was looking at a global command that I saved from long time ago. I did not understand how it was a valid syntax, but apparently the syntax was valid because the command worked.
The command: :g/\v\{/...
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Delete blank lines within range
Suppose I have the file:
begin
asdf
asdf
end
begin
asdf
end
begin
asdfasdf
end
How can I use something like the global command to delete every empty line in between 'begin' and 'end'?
:/begin/,...
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Using :g to yank in quotes across multiple lines
I was reading through the vim wiki about the power of g https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Power_of_g and would like to do something similar to :g/pattern/y A but a little bit different.
I have an html file ...
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How to truncate all lines at a certain length?
Much like this question, I've failed to put this together successfully on my own.
I want to truncate lines in my file so that no line is over 100 characters in length.
I can go to position 100 on ...
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neovim hlsearch not working
I'm testing neovim and for many thing it is working way faster than vim (I use many plugins ~80, and I can really tell the difference with neovim). All the same config files worked out of the box, but ...
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Is it possible to use a reverse range in global search
I have an error report where often the known errors are in the top few thousand lines, formatting issue rather than quantity unfortunately.
I want to run :g/pattern/ from the end of the file.
I know ...
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function to search for a pattern
I just recently found a very nice command to search for a pattern in a document, and display all hits:
:g/pattern/z#.1
Since the command is a bit cumbersome to type, I would like to make a shortcut, ...
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How can I delete lines fit a pattern to a register or a new file?
I can use the powerful :g command to delete lines that contain a certain pattern like this:
:g/^\va pattern/d
I thought I should paste the deleted content to a new place but I cannot find all ...
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Unmapping the global mappings on a per-buffer basis
I have the following mapping in tnoremap <Esc> <C-\><C-n> init.conf to exit insert mode while in the terminal.
In certain terminal buffers I would like to not have that global ...
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What's the simplest way of inlining a variable?
I've recently refactored vim-colors-solarized and I've stumbled on a code like this
let s:foo = s:bar " used in multiple places
" ... many lines
let s:goo = s:boo " used in multiple places
How can I ...
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How to ignore a failed :g (global) command in a macro?
Part of a macro I'm writing deletes any blank lines, and then does some more work (joining the expected two remaining lines and then appending to them). Simplified version:
let @m=':g/^$/d^MggJA ^['
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replace or operate within regex match
underlying question: Is there a way to operate on text within a regex match?
I.e. is there an analog to the 'g' command that operates on match substrings instead of lines
usecases:
One example of ...
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Transform lines: prepend with incrementing number and string and append with string for each line in one step
I have the following lines:
abc07
bca08
xyz17
And I would like to transform it to:
[0]="abc07" \
[1]="bca08" \
[2]="xyz17" \
Based on this question, I can do the first part and the end ...
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How to run a python command based on a matched group of a pattern?
Let say I want to run a command that uses a matched group of a pattern for each line matching the pattern.
The natural choice is :g.
With the command :s, there is no problem. If i would do
:g/aaa\(....
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Using global command on Quickfix entries [duplicate]
I find and replace a pattern in all the files in my project (which is a big one). After the search is done, quickfix window is opened with the matches. The matches are in different files in different ...
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Insert text including capture group from search using global command
I would like to search for a pattern in a range of lines and append additional text on another line that would include part of the search pattern. Something like this:
[range]g/\(foo \)\(\w\{-}\)/...
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surround plug-in within global command
I've been unable to use surround within a global command, For example:
g/^/ norm! yss" seems to do nothing or replaces the entire line by the contents of the clipboard.
This is consistent with ...
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:global, how to use matched pattern in the cmd of :g/pat/cmd?
Give a buffer each line contain a filename. how to use r! cmd on the filename, within a :g command?
eg,
BEFORE PROCESSING:
file1.txt
file2.txt
AFTER PROCESSING (with wc -l):
file1.txt
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limiting global search&replace to matches that occur immediately to the right of the cursor
If I have this line:
a{word} a{20] a{word} a{20]
and type :g/a{.\{-}\]/s/{/\[/gc vi prompts me to change all four occurrences of { to [.
I want it to prompt me to replace only the matches ...
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How to remove lines which have lower numbers than before, and keep only the sequential?
In order to parse certain log file and make a plot of sequential numbers, I need to filter out the lines with numbers which appearing lower than in the previous lines.
For example, given the list of ...
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