Vim - tips and tricks

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Record a macro that will delete everything after matching character and repeat it N-times. In this example we’re going to use = as the matching character.

qaf=D⏎q

Where:

  • qa - to start recording and save it under ‘a’ buffer
  • f= - find ‘=’ character
  • D - Delete everything to the EOL
  • ⏎ - press ’enter’ to go to the beginning of next line
  • q - to stop recording the macro then to repeat the macro N-times, i.e. repeat it 5 times:

5@a

  • 5 - the number of times you’d like to repeat the macro
  • @a - play macro recorded under a buffer

An example of a VIM macro which deletes everything after matching character and is repeated 5 times