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| -rw-r--r-- | runtime/doc/repeat.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt index 421ebab100..42889cca50 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ of area is used, see |visual-repeat|. ============================================================================== 2. Multiple repeats *multi-repeat* - *:g* *:global* *E147* *E148* + *:g* *:global* *E148* :[range]g[lobal]/{pattern}/[cmd] Execute the Ex command [cmd] (default ":p") on the lines within [range] where {pattern} matches. @@ -70,8 +70,15 @@ The default for [range] is the whole buffer (1,$). Use "CTRL-C" to interrupt the command. If an error message is given for a line, the command for that line is aborted and the global command continues with the next marked or unmarked line. - -To repeat a non-Ex command, you can use the ":normal" command: > + *E147* +When the command is used recursively, it only works on one line. Giving a +range is then not allowed. This is useful to find all lines that match a +pattern and do not match another pattern: > + :g/found/v/notfound/{cmd} +This first finds all lines containing "found", but only executes {cmd} when +there is no match for "notfound". + +To execute a non-Ex command, you can use the `:normal` command: > :g/pat/normal {commands} Make sure that {commands} ends with a whole command, otherwise Vim will wait for you to type the rest of the command for each match. The screen will not |