> Is there anyway to search and replace in a single colon command?
Yes, use `:normal`, possibly in combination with `:global`. Record your
key presses (` 9lv10l~0`) into the macro `q`. Then, execute:
:%norm! @q
To execute the macro on all the lines in the file.
Or:
:*norm! @q
To execute the macro on all the lines which were in the last visual
selection.
Or:
:g/^keyword:/norm! @q
To execute the macro on all the line starting with the text `keyword:`.
On Saturday, July 10, 2021 at 3:24:12 PM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been using vim for years, I usually use @ macros. I have a question
> hard to explain. Assuming I have a text file ...
>
> keyword: toggle CASE Retentive Case
> keyword: TOGGLE case Retentive Case
> keyword: togGLE CASE Retentive Case
> ...
>
> And I want to toggle the case of some letters after ^keyword:.
> Things I usually do is ...
> /^keyword
> then do the following keystrokes ...
> 9lv10l~0
> And for the rest of file I can simply do ...
> n.
> to find the next match (n), and repeat the keystrokes (.)
>
> Certainly, I can assign 9lv10l~0 to a macro. But what if I have 1,000+
> lines like this, I would never want to use the macro for every line
> containing "^keyword". Is there anyway to search and replace in a single
> colon command? Like ...
>
> :%s/^keyword/do_keystrokes/g
> or
> :%s/^keyword/do_a_macro/g
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Gua Chung Lim
>
> Nothing ever exists entirely alone without dualities.
>
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