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BabaYaga
BabaYaga

Reputation: 529

How to put vi replace commands in bashrc

In vi one can replace strings globally by the following command

:%s/strtoreplace/replacedstr/g

Is it possible to put this in .bashrc (through some function may be say vireplace() ), so that one can run the same command in terminal without opening the file. Also the strings (strtoreplace,replacedstr) should be prompt inputs ($@) so that it should work for any string one wants to replace with any another any string? I want something like 

function vireplace() { vim :%s/$@/$@/g  $@ ;}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 434

Answers (2)

Walter A
Walter A

Reputation: 20032

You can make a function calling vi (or ed), but when others need to understand what you have built, please use sed.

When you are editing you can use some private tweaks that you can place in .exrc (only on your private account).
You can add functions in $HOME/.exrc.

nnoremap <F2> :%s/strtoreplace/replacedstr/g<Enter>

Another example for testing the script your working on:

nnoremap <F9> :w<Enter>:!%:p<Enter>

Upvotes: 1

cdarke
cdarke

Reputation: 44434

You can use the -c (command) option. For example:

vireplace() { vi -c "s/$1/$2/g"  -c "wq" $3; }

vireplace 1 x gash.txt

This will replace each occurrence of "1" with "x" in the file gash.txt. The -c "wq" ensures it is not interactive - omit that if you want to use it interactively as well.

But honestly, I can't see why you want to use vim when sed can do the same thing simply.

Upvotes: 2

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