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Chapter 15Global Commands

The :global command combines the power of Ex commands with Vim’s pattern matching abilities—it runs an Ex command on each line that matches a specified pattern. Alongside the Dot Formula and macros, the :global command is one of Vim’s power tools for performing repetitive work efficiently.

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