Search for string and get count in vi editor
THE way is :%s/pattern//gn
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Is there a short cut for going back to the beginning of a file by vi editor?
After opening a file using vi 1) You can press Shift + g to go the end of the file and 2) Press g twice to go to the beginning of the file NOTE : – g is case-sensitive (Thanks to @Ben for pointing it out)
How to replace text between quotes in vi
Use ci”, which means: change what inside the double quotes. You can also manipulate other text objects in a similar way, e.g.: ci’ – change inside the single quotes ciw – change inside a word ci( – change inside parentheses dit – delete inside an HTML tag, etc. More about different vim text objects here.
Delete from the current cursor position to a given line number in vi editor
You could use something like d63G to delete from the current line until line 63.
How to copy from current position to the end of line in vi
The normal-mode command to move to the end of the line is $. You can copy to the end of the line with y$ and paste with p. To copy/paste between different instances, you can use the system clipboard by selecting the * register, so the commands become “*y$ for copying and “*p for pasting. … Read more
Setting the Vim background colors
As vim’s own help on set background says, “Setting this option does not change the background color, it tells Vim what the background color looks like. For changing the background color, see |:hi-normal|.” For example :highlight Normal ctermfg=grey ctermbg=darkblue will write in white on blue on your color terminal.
How to take off line numbers in Vi?
If you are talking about show line number command in vi/vim you could use set nu in commandline mode to turn on and set nonu will turn off the line number display or set nu! to toggle off display of line numbers
Confusion about vim folding – how to disable?
You’re not alone. set nofoldenable ” disable folding
How to paste over without overwriting register
Use the following: xnoremap p pgvy this will reselect and re-yank any text that is pasted in visual mode. Edit: in order this to work with “xp you can do: xnoremap p pgv”@=v:register.’y'<cr> v:register expands to the last register name used in a normal mode command.
How to delete selected text in the vi editor
I am using PuTTY and the vi editor. If I select five lines using my mouse and I want to delete those lines, how can I do that? Forget the mouse. To remove 5 lines, either: Go to the first line and type d5d (dd deletes one line, d5d deletes 5 lines) ~or~ Type Shift-v … Read more