Global search and replace

More vim commands

• Open file at line number
  vim +42 file.txtcopy

  Start vim with cursor on line 42

• Search forward / backward
  /pattern (n/N next/prev) ?pattern (backward)copy

  / searches forward, ? searches backward; n/N cycle results

• Delete lines matching pattern
  :g/^#/dcopy

  Delete all lines starting with # (comment lines)

• Re-indent whole file
  gg=Gcopy

  Go to top (gg), re-indent to end of file (=G)

• Record and play macro
  qa (record into a) q (stop) @a (play) 10@a (play 10 times)copy

  Macros automate repetitive edits in vim

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