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ex — Text editor. See also: `vim`. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

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Problem

How to use the ex command: Text editor. See also: vim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

Solution

ex — Text editor. See also: vim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

Open a file:
ex {{path/to/file}}


Save and Quit:
wq<Enter>


Undo the last operation:
undo<Enter>


Search for a pattern in the file:
/{{search_pattern}}<Enter>


Perform a regex substitution in the whole file:
%s/{{regex}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>


Insert text:
i<Enter>{{text}}<Ctrl c>


Switch to Vim:
visual<Enter>

Code Snippets

Open a file

ex {{path/to/file}}

Save and Quit

wq<Enter>

Undo the last operation

undo<Enter>

Search for a pattern in the file

/{{search_pattern}}<Enter>

Perform a `regex` substitution in the whole file

%s/{{regex}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>

Context

tldr-pages: common/ex

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