vim: Executing a list of editor commands

Question

Is there a way in vim to give a list of editor commands? I want to execute a series of 'global' commands, and there is some pattern to the commands. So I would ideally like to generate the list of commands (using regex search & substitute), and then run them, instead of having to type in each command. Thanks! Gaurav

Accepted Answer

(Update: s/buffer/register/g)

If you can yank all of the commands you want to run into a register, then execute the register ?

http://www.bo.infn.it/alice/alice-doc/mll-doc/linux/vi-ex/node24.html

For example, if you have a file like:

```
abc
def
ghi
dd
dd
```

Then do

```
:g/dd/y A
```

This yanks all lines with dd and appends into register a

Then if you are on the first line of the file, and type:

```
@a
```

Then 2 lines will now be deleted, and the file should look like:

```
ghi
dd
dd
```

vim: Executing a list of editor commands

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