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Ionică Bizău
Ionică Bizău

Reputation: 113335

Wrong result on VIM multiple lines write (end of line)

I have the following file content opened in VIM:

123 
234 
345 
546 
567 
678 
789 
~
~
~
~
~

I want to add ; to end of the each line. For that I go to the end of the first line and use a vertical selection pressing CTRL + v.

I select the first 7 lines (the lines with numbers) and then I press SHIFT + I and move the cursor to the end of the line. I write ; and then I press Esc.

The result is this:

123;
2334
3435
5436
5637
6738
7839

...while I expected:

123;
233;
343;
543;
563;
673;
783;

Why is this happening and how can I solve it?

Note that this is just an example how to reproduce the issue. I know that I can use a regexp or a macro to do the same thing, but I want to find the answer to the questions above.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (3)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172510

Shift + I is for prepending at the beginning of the visual blockwise selection; by moving the cursor to the end, you've ruined it! (Vim doesn't seem to recognize that you've moved the cursor, and thinks the 3 on which you've started the edit is what you've entered. It's debatable whether this is a bug.)

What you need to use is Shift + A, which appends at the end of all selected lines.

Upvotes: 2

timrau
timrau

Reputation: 23058

Use the following command:

:1,7 s/$/;/

Edit: Change Shift+I into Shift+A can achieve your purpose.

Upvotes: 2

mproffitt
mproffitt

Reputation: 2507

You've only told vim to replace the first occurrence. Instead, go to the end of line 1 and press ctrl-v and select to the bottom of the file. Then press : to move to the command line. This will now show :'<,'>. If you type s/$/;/g here and hit return, you will get a semi-colon at the end of every selected line.

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

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