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Minix

Reputation: 277

How to delete all highlighted search results in vim without %s?

I often have complex search patterns in vim. If I find the exact pattern, that matches, what I'm searching and want to delete all the matches, I have to go into command mode type :%s/...// with ... being the complicated pattern.

Is there an easier way to delete all results of a search, without going through them one by one?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 259

Answers (2)

B Nauclér
B Nauclér

Reputation: 37

If you absolutely need to avoid %s you can use gn together with a macro. Something along the lines of:

qq - record macro to register q
dgn - remove selection
n - jump to next match
q - stop recording
9999@q - run macro 9999 times

I would not call this a good solution by any means (the by @L3viathan proposed %s without entering a search pattern is superior), but it resolves the question as stated.

Upvotes: 2

L3viathan
L3viathan

Reputation: 27333

This isn't completely completely without :%s/.., but without typing the pattern again:

:%s///g

If you leave the pattern empty, it will repeat the search. If that's something you do often, you can bind a key (sequence) to it.

Upvotes: 5

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