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  • /joe/e : cursor set to End of match
  • 3/joe/e+1 : find 3rd joe cursor set to End of match plus 1 *C*
  • /joe/s-2 : cursor set to Start of match minus 2
  • /begin\_.*end : search over possible multiple lines /fred\_s*joe/ : any whitespace including newline *C*
  • /\(fred\).*\(joe\).*\2.*\1
  • :bufdo /searchstr/ : use :rewind to recommence search
  • /\%>20l\%<30lgoat : Search for goat between lines 20 and 30 *N*
  • :%s/fred/joe/igc : general substitute command
  • :%s//joe/igc : Substitute what you last searched for *N* :%s/~/sue/igc : Substitute your last replacement string *N*
  • " non-greedy matching \{-} :%s/^.\{-}pdf/new.pdf/
  • :g/gladiolli/# : display with line numbers (YOU WANT THIS!)
  • . last edit (magic dot)
  • :& last substitute
  • :%& last substitute every line
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  • @: last command-mode command
  • :!! last :! command

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  • <C-R>- : pull small register (also insert mode) <C-R>[0-9a-z] : pull named registers (also insert mode) <C-R>% : pull file name (also #) (also insert mode) <C-R>=somevar : pull contents of a variable (eg :let sray="ray[0-9]")
  • * # g* g# : find word under cursor (<cword>) (forwards/backwards) % : match brackets {}[]() . : repeat last modification  @: : repeat last : command (then @@) matchit.vim : % now matches tags <tr><td><script> <?php etc <C-N><C-P> : word completion in insert mode <C-X><C-L> : Line complete SUPER USEFUL /<C-R><C-W> : Pull <cword> onto search/command line /<C-R><C-A> : Pull <CWORD> onto search/command line
  • gf : open file name under cursor (SUPER)
  • ga : display hex,ascii value of char under cursor
  • :bn : goto next buffer :bp : goto previous buffer :wn : save file and move to next (super) :wp : save file and move to previous :bd : remove file from buffer list (super)
  • <C-R><C-W> : pull word under the cursor into a command line or search <C-R><C-A> : pull WORD under the cursor into a command line or search
  • <C-R>- : pull small register (also insert mode) <C-R>[0-9a-z] : pull named registers (also insert mode) <C-R>% : pull file name (also #) (also insert mode) <C-R>=somevar : pull contents of a variable (eg :let sray="ray[0-9]")

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• 
  vikramsjn on 2011-08-11
  big page with lots of useful examples of
  1 search expressions
  2 substitute expressions
  3 global search expressions
  4 and more

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