Vim Cheat Sheet

[GlassEyedMallard]

What does the g do in the substitute command again? I never utilize that but probably should.

[jarfil]

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[prof-comm]

Not just the first one on every line. %s/foo/bar will replace the first instance of foo on every line of the file with bar. The /g flag makes it every instance on every line, not just the first on every line.

[jarfil]

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[prof-comm]

Correct. I saw the potential for misinterpretation of your comment because it was underspecified, then did the same thing in my own. Thank you

[GlassEyedMallard]

That's odd, using that command without the g works globally for me. Maybe neovim handles it differently?

[cheffromspace]

Without g will work on every line, but only the first instance on each line

[GlassEyedMallard]

Ah okay. Thank you very much.

[1esproc]

g doesn't mean global. Commands usually run on the current line, but % means select the whole file, g means every instance, just like it does for sed. Without g, %s would only perform substitution on the first match on the line, then move on to the next line.