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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: sed

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

Remove crap from bash history 1sed -i -r '/([^ ]{100,})\s?$/d' $HISTFILE Convert a csv file to markdown 1column -o '|' -ts, "$1" + | sed -r '0,/./p ; 0,/./s/[a-zA-Z ]/-/g; 0,/^|/s/|-/|:/g' Change a CSV header 1from=number 2to=quantity 3sed -i "1 s///" "".csv Replace first instance of word 1sed …

Rundown: vim

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

Encrypt text with rot13 1g?ip 2. People once used this as a spoiler warning, since anyone can decrypt it, but nobody can read it accidentally 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!' …