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

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> Behalf Of Salman Halim
> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7:11 PM
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> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: How to use search string in search replace?
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> If you specify no search string in the s command, it uses the last search
> automatically:
>
> %s//replacement...

Ah yes! I didn't know that! That is perfect!

Thanks!
Andy

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> Salman
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> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021, 19:56 Kennedy, Marcus A.,
> <Marcus.Kennedy@rocket.com <mailto:Marcus.Kennedy@rocket.com> >
> 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).
>
> Just so you know, I had to shift-select-right-click to copy the text
> from Konsole.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
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