How do you record a macro to swap the current line with the one below?
qaddpq
Record a macro that deletes the current line with dd and pastes it below the next line with p.
Category: macros
How do you use a macro to title-case each word on a line?
qagUlwq
Record a macro that uppercases the first letter of the current word with gUl, then moves to the next word with w.
How do you record a macro to toggle boolean values (true/false)?
qa/true\|false\ncgn<C-r>=@"=='true'?'false':'true'\n<Esc>q
Record a macro using cgn with an expression register to toggle between true and false.
How do you save a macro permanently in your vimrc?
:let @a='...' in vimrc
Add let @a='macro-keystrokes' to your vimrc file to have the macro available in every Vim session.
How do you use a macro to sort paragraphs alphabetically?
qavip:sort\n}jq
Record a macro that visually selects the inner paragraph, sorts its lines, then moves to the next paragraph.
How do you record a macro to split a long line at a certain column?
qa80|i\n<Esc>jq
Record a macro that moves to column 80 using 80 , inserts a newline, and moves to the next line.
How do you use a macro to remove consecutive duplicate lines?
qayy:+1\nif getline('.')==@0|d|else|+1|endif\nq
Record a macro that yanks the current line and compares it with the next.
How do you record a macro to remove trailing whitespace from lines?
qa:s/\s\+$//e\n jq
Record a macro that runs a substitution on the current line to remove trailing spaces, then moves down.
How do you use a macro to reverse the order of words on a line?
qa$bywdw0Pa <Esc>q
Record a macro that yanks the last word, deletes it, pastes it at the beginning of the line.
How do you use a macro to prepend text from a register to each line?
qaI<C-r>a<Esc>jq
Record a macro that inserts the contents of register a at the start of each line using a in insert mode, then moves down.
How do you use a macro to wrap CSV fields in quotes?
qaf,i"<Esc>la"<Esc>q
Record a macro that finds the next comma, inserts a quote before it, moves past the comma, and inserts a quote after.
How do you record a macro to remove comment lines starting with #?
qa/^#\nddq
Record a macro that finds lines starting with # and deletes them.
How do you record a macro to join every other line pair?
qaJjq
Record a macro that joins the current line with the next using J, then moves down one line with j.
How do you use a macro to number each paragraph in a document?
qa{jI## Section \n<Esc>}q
Record a macro that goes to the start of each paragraph and inserts a section header.
How do you run a macro a specific number of times in Vim?
50@a
Prefix the macro playback command with a count.
How do you use a macro to create an incrementing numbered list in Vim?
qaYp<C-a>q
Record a macro that yanks the current line, pastes it below, and increments the number with .
How do you record a macro to increase indentation of a code block?
qaI <Esc>jq
Record a macro that inserts two spaces at the beginning of the line and moves down.
How do you record a macro that inserts a date stamp?
qaA <C-r>=strftime('%Y-%m-%d')\n<Esc>jq
Record a macro that appends a date stamp using the expression register with strftime().
How do you record a macro to extract a specific column from tabular data?
qa0f dwi\n<Esc>jq
Extract columns by recording a macro that navigates to the desired field and deletes or yanks it.
How do you record a macro to extract URLs from a file?
qa/https\?:\/\/\nyiW:put\nq
Record a macro that searches for URLs, yanks the URL, and puts it at the end of the file.