Re: specifying multiple ranges in vim

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> 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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