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shrimpdrake
shrimpdrake

Reputation: 1576

vim recommended command to replace a word after a symbol

Question is in the title but an example will explain it better. Suppose I am editing a config file with vim and want to change this line

uid = www-data

to

uid = anotheruser

the ci" is perfect for me when the value is between quotes ( cf How to replace text between quotes in vi ) but when it's not I resort to use insert mode (for now). What would you use to get the job done faster ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 468

Answers (3)

Mathias Begert
Mathias Begert

Reputation: 2470

As an alternative to your ci" when the text is in between quotes you could in this scenario use the WORD text-object.

Putting your cursor somewere inside www-data and press ciW

Read more about text-objects by typing :h text-objects

But personally I would use also the C command which changes the text from cursor to the end of the line, as already mentioned by others. Probably something like this /www<CR>Canotheruser<ESC>

Upvotes: 2

Wilson Wong
Wilson Wong

Reputation: 406

Assuming your cursor is somewhere on www-data

I would do T<space>Canotheruser.

T{char} moves the cursor to left until the it is just after the first occurrence of {char}

C is a short hand for c$ which deletes from the cursor to the end of the line and enters insertion mode.

Upvotes: 2

cshu
cshu

Reputation: 5954

Use c$ to delete text to the end of line.

Put cursor on the first w of uid = www-data and then use c$.

Upvotes: 0

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