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Created: September 10, 2005 Complexity: basic Author: klausenhausen Minimum version: 5.7 Karma: 182/61 Imported from: Tip#990

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The last command entered with ':' can be repeated with @: and further repeats can be done with @@

This is useful for commands like :bnext or :cNext.

[edit] Comments

I scroll through the previous commands with cursor up/down after pressing ':'.

You still can edit the command or just press Enter.

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This Tip becomes super useful with something like the following:

:%s/\<pig\>/cow/gie|:update|:next

This facilitates the modification of a series of files.

Note you need the 'e' of the gie

• g=do as many times as occurs in line
• i=ignore case
• e=don't break command if no search string found

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