Re: How to use search string in search replace?

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".

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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