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rrlamichhane
rrlamichhane

Reputation: 1665

How to search and replace in vertical selection in vim?

I know I can do search and replace in horizontal selection with:

:'<,'>s/search/replace/g

But, I couldn't figure out how to do this in vertical selection. I tried the same method above by only having a vertical selection but, apparently, vim will search and replace to the entire line instead of just the selection.

Searched the internet to no avail. Thanks.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1503

Answers (1)

kev
kev

Reputation: 161604

You can use \%V in your regex, it will match position inside visual area:

\%V     Match inside the Visual area. This is a `/zero-width` match.

If you visual select a block: 

search search search search
searc+---------------+earch
searc| search search |earch
searc| search search |earch
searc+---------------+earch
search search search search

After running this command:

:'<,'>s/\%Vsearch\%V/replace/g

It'll become:

search search search search
searc+---------------+earch
searc| replace replace |earch
searc| replace replace |earch
searc+---------------+earch
search search search search

Upvotes: 10

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