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Rojo
Rojo

Reputation: 276

Vim: substitute once, starting from CURSOR position (not line)

Is there a simple way (without too many keystrokes), to substitute the next occurrence of a pattern (in the line or in the whole document, both would be interesting), starting from the cursor position?

So far, I've only come up with selecting onwards, going to normal mode, and doing :s/\%Vpattern/rep. It's too cumbersome. Perhaps there's a nice way to select the next occurrance of a pattern, and then one can "change" the selection?

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 777

Answers (2)

lwassink
lwassink

Reputation: 1681

You can use the confirm option with your substitution. Use the command

:%s/pattern/replacement/gc

It will take you through each occurrence of the pattern. Type y to replace, n to move on without replacing, and q to quit the search.

Upvotes: 4

sudo bangbang
sudo bangbang

Reputation: 28169

You can use gn

Just search for the pattern, using /

Select using gn

Once selected, you can perform any action on it. Like y to copy, c to change etc

:h gn

Upvotes: 2

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