Tip28: Execute a Command on One or More Consecutive Lines
January 12, 2021 ยท View on GitHub
echo the specified lines below Vim's command line.
:digit (:1)
move cursor to the specified line.
:$
move cursor to the end line of the file.
:3p
move cursor to line 3 and echo the content of that line.
:3d (3G dd)
jump to line 3 and delete it.
:2,5p (:{start},{end})
print each line from 2 to 5. and cursor would be left positioned on line 5.
.
represent current line.
:%p
%: represent all the lines in the current file.
:%s/old/new/
replace the first occurrence of 'old' with 'new' on each line.
2G VG
make a visual selection if we press the
:key, the command-line prompt will be prepopulated with the range:'<,'>: stand for the visual selection. and if you press:'<,'>p: will print the selection!
'<
standing for the first line of the visual selection.
'>
standing for the last line of the visual selection.
:/<html>/,/</html>/p (:{start},{end})
print the tags.
:/<html>/+1,/</html>/-1p (:{address}+n)
print the content of the tag except the tag! if
nis omitted, it defaults to 1.
:2 && :.,.+3p
equals to
:2,5p
