> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Tim Chase > Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:34 PM > To: Kennedy, Marcus A. <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: How to use search string in search replace? > > On 2021-02-10 00:56, Kennedy, Marcus A. wrote: > > So I was searching through some ugly build commands when I realized > > that I needed to go from search mode to command mode to delete part of > > the output text I was looking at. Going from command mode with a > > :%s/<search String>/<replace text> to search mode will allow you to > > press up arrow to get your last :%s/ search string, but it doesn't > > work the other way. Is there an easy way within vim to get that > > string back from search mode to command mode? A quick google search > > was unrevealing (though I don't have access to all hits from my > > present location). > > I'm not quite certain which text you're trying to recall since there's not > really > a "search mode". It would help to have a more explicit sequence of the > commands you're trying to run, possibly with a "magic happens here to do > XYZ".
/\/path\/to\/some\/location :%s/// <- Here I wanted to use the PREVIOUS search from the line above. And, for clarification, what exactly do you call the mode when you press "/" to search for a string in your document? Thanks to Salman, I now know how to do that! (if I can remember it). Thanks, Andy > > A few pointers to places that might be useful in the meantime: > > :help last-pattern > vim remembers your most recent search and can reuse it > > :help c_CTRL-R > lets you insert the contents of a register (including the @/ search > register) at the current point in an Ex command > > -tim > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20210209193429.08f0ad80%40 > bigbox.attlocal.net. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/5ADFF93892EDB147B66FCBABC8E4F27F54C5EDF1%40ARSPAPPEXCH03.
