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