On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 01/17/12 08:17, rail shafigulin wrote:
>
>> does anybody know if it is possible to specify multiple ranges in vim for
>> a
>> command execution
>> for example:
>> :1,4s/old/new/g - this command will replace old to new in lines 1 to 4
>> inclusive
>>
>> however what if i want to execute this command in multiple places say
>> something like
>>
>> :1,4;10,14;20,24s/old/new/g - i want to do a replacement on lines 1
>> through
>> 4, 10 through 14, and 20 through 24
>>
>> does anybody know if it is possible in vim?
>>
>
> You can combine the "\|" ("or") atom with the "\%l" atom to produce
> :global searches like
>
> :g/\%<5l\|\%>9l\%<15l\|\%>19l\**%<25l/s/old/new/g
>
> It's a bit ugly, but it does what you ask.
>
> :help :g
> :help /\%l
> :help /\|
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -tim
>
>
> Thanks Tim.
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