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find and replace with confirmation

1 min read · vim search replace find TUI

Requirements vim basics Search for the next and or previous occurrence of the word under your cursor with * and #. Search and replace the first 'one' found with 'two': :%s/one/two/ Run the last substitution globally: g& Same, but just replace 'one' globally: :%s/one/two/g Put quotes around every occurrence of $HOME: …

Interactive String Substitution

1 min read · data vim substitution replace TUI

Want to find and replace, but also confirm each instance? 1vim -c "%s/${pattern}/${replacement}/gc" -c 'wq' ${file} Notice that double-quotes (") in the first command (-c). Alternatively, check with an example string: 1sed "s/${pattern}/ARGLEBARGLE/g" ${file} | grep 'ARGLEBARGLE'

Rundown: scp

1 min read · network html documentation writing replace substitution TUI vim scp

Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~/${file}

Rundown: sed

1 min read · csv substitute replace tip shell maintenance recfiles database text sed

Change a CSV header from=number to=quantity sed -i "1 s///" "".csv Remove crap from bash history 1sed -i -r '/([^ ]{100,})\s?$/d' $HISTFILE Combine many recfiles of different types into one 1sed '1i\ ' *.rec > all.rec Combine many recfiles of the same type into one 1recinf -d -t ${type} ${one}.rec > ${all}.rec 2sed …

Rundown: vim

1 min read · network html documentation writing replace substitution TUI vim scp

Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~~/${file} Show a script in HTML 1source=~~/.bashrc 2target=bash.html 3vim - --not-a-term -c '%TOhtml' -c "f ${target}" -c 'x!' -c 'qa!' < ${source} Read info files with vim 1info () 2{ 3 [ -n "$1" ] && file="${1}" || file="$(ls /usr/share/info/ | sed 's/.info.gz$//' | …