Replace

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 documentation writing replace substitution TUI vim scp

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

Rundown: vim

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

Remotely edit a file with vim 1vim scp://${server}/~/${file} Read info files with vim 1info () 2{ 3 [ -n "$1" ] && file="${1}" || file="$(ls /usr/share/info/ | sed 's/.info.gz$//' | fzf )"; 4 file="$(ls /usr/share/info/"$file"* | fzf -1 )" 5 vim "$file" 6} Find and replace across all files open in vim 1:bufdo! …