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Reputation: 6063
how to do conditional replacing using vim
I want to replace word with WORD, but only on the lines which start with -. Anybody knows how to do it?
Upvotes: 9
Views: 3520
Answers (1)
rampion
Reputation: 89053
:%g/^-/s/word/WORD/g
it's just a normal search and replace, but using g// to filter the lines you want to run it on.
Upvotes: 13
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