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M3579
M3579

Reputation: 910

vim - Prefix number to 3 letter combination bdw

I am learning Vim and I have come across this situation.

Hello, World!
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I want to delete Hello, World. If I entered bdw (go to beginning of word, delete word) three times then it would delete it. However, I want to type 3bdwto save typing, but it goes three words back and deletes that word, leaving me with , World!. Is there any way to prefix a number to a three letter command or is there another command I should be looking at?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 160

Answers (4)

jkerian
jkerian

Reputation: 17016

Is there any way to prefix a number to a three letter command or is there another command I should be looking at?

The problem is that it's not a 3-letter command, it's two seperate commands.

3b 3dw will do what you want, but it does require the extra 3.

EDIT: Years later... I notice a small optimization to this case w3db. The only small issue is that you need that leading w to correct the cursor position.

Upvotes: 2

edi9999
edi9999

Reputation: 20554

Move the cursor under the ! ($ or l)

Then write d0 (which means delete til beginning of line)

You can also do 0 (go to beginning of line) then dt! (delete until next !)

Upvotes: 0

Sagar Jain
Sagar Jain

Reputation: 7941

Hello, World!

Go to the beginning of line (by pressing 0) and type the following:

dt!

Explanation:

d delete

t until the character before ! in the line.

Upvotes: 1

xdazz
xdazz

Reputation: 160833

Move the cursor under !, then press

dFH (delete back until first H)

F=Shift+f

Upvotes: 3

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