Vi and Vim Macro Tutorial: How To Record and Play

Vi and Vim Macro Tutorial: How To Record and Play

High Level Steps to Record and Play inside Vim

1. Start recording by pressing q, followed by a lower case character to name the macro
2. Perform any typical editing, actions inside Vim editor, which will be recorded
3. Stop recording by pressing q
4. Play the recorded macro by pressing @ followed by the macro name
5. To repeat macros multiple times, press : NN @ macro name. NN is a number

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