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Joe Mornin
Joe Mornin

Reputation: 9134

Delete everything in a line except the first whitespace characters

Say I have these lines in Vim:

void CSSdescramble(unsigned char *sec,unsigned char *key) {
  unsigned int t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6;

And say the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the second line. How can I delete everything on that line except for the two leading spaces?

I can do it with ^d$, but I'm wondering if there's a more efficient way.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 72

Answers (4)

Kent
Kent

Reputation: 195029

golf a bit:

try with single S (big S in normal mode), if you don't care switching to insert mode.

otherwise, use others answer ^D etc.

Upvotes: 1

Ben Klein
Ben Klein

Reputation: 1949

As @user1281385 pointed out, you can use D — which deletes from the cursor to the end of the line — to save a keystroke.

If you want to keep the whitespace at the beginning of the line, I don’t think there’s a way around ^.

Upvotes: 0

Stas
Stas

Reputation: 11761

I guess, the easiest way is to use cc, if you wish to type something new instead of deleted line. Otherwise ^D.

Upvotes: 4

Ian Roberts
Ian Roberts

Reputation: 122364

C (shift-c) has the same effect as d$a, deleting the rest of the line and putting you into insert mode (the question asked about ^d$a when I first answered it). Or D does the same as d$ without the a.

Upvotes: 1

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