xolag on Nostr: #Vim Tips A way to learn Vim Imagine you have a long file, and want to comment out ...

#Vim Tips
A way to learn Vim

Imagine you have a long file, and want to comment out just the line that contain a particular text, for example the word "dev"

In normal mode:
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qa0i#q
:g/dev/norm! @a
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qa: record macro in registrr a
0: go to the beginning of the line
i#: insert #
:g....: find the lines that contain dev and run the macro a.