RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: How to use search string in search replace?

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> From: vim_use@googlegroups.com <vim_use@googlegroups.com> On
> Behalf Of Tim Chase
> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:34 PM
> To: Kennedy, Marcus A. <Marcus.Kennedy@Rocket.com>
> Cc: vim_use@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: How to use search string in search replace?
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> On 2021-02-10 00:56, Kennedy, Marcus A. wrote:
> > So I was searching through some ugly build commands when I realized
> > that I needed to go from search mode to command mode to delete part of
> > the output text I was looking at. Going from command mode with a
> > :%s/<search String>/<replace text> to search mode will allow you to
> > press up arrow to get your last :%s/ search string, but it doesn't
> > work the other way. Is there an easy way within vim to get that
> > string back from search mode to command mode? A quick google search
> > was unrevealing (though I don't have access to all hits from my
> > present location).
>
> I'm not quite certain which text you're trying to recall since there's not really
> a "search mode". It would help to have a more explicit sequence of the
> commands you're trying to run, possibly with a "magic happens here to do
> XYZ".

/\/path\/to\/some\/location
:%s/// <- Here I wanted to use the PREVIOUS search from the line above.

And, for clarification, what exactly do you call the mode when you press "/"
to search for a string in your document?

Thanks to Salman, I now know how to do that! (if I can remember it).

Thanks,
Andy

>
> A few pointers to places that might be useful in the meantime:
>
> :help last-pattern
> vim remembers your most recent search and can reuse it
>
> :help c_CTRL-R
> lets you insert the contents of a register (including the @/ search
> register) at the current point in an Ex command
>
> -tim
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