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How do I do a block search-and-replace with Vim?

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Mar 15, 20265665 views

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I have text in Vim hit to put VIm in block mode highlight the text I want type this gives the this prompt I add to the prompt my regex . This leaves me with and the text highlighted I hit enter Unfortunately, it operates on the whole line for the block, not just the block. Is there anyway to do a b…

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When using ex commands in visual block mode, , they always operate on the whole line. There are two ways around this: The atom will match only inside the visual area. Try See There are special visual versions of some commands, live v_s or v_r. See

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How do I do a block search-and-replace with Vim?

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