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:argdo if search('\s\+$', 'nw') | echo expand('%') | endif
Before running destructive cleanup across many files, it helps to know which files will actually change.
command-line #command-line #search #whitespace #arglist #refactoring
gM
The gM command moves the cursor to the horizontal middle of the current line, regardless of how long the line is.
/pattern1\_.{-}pattern2
Vim's regex engine normally treats .
:delmarks!
Marks accumulate as you work — ma, mb, mc and so on record positions for later jumps.
//
In Vim, pressing // (two forward slashes) in Normal mode repeats the last search pattern.
:vimgrepadd /FIXME/j **/*.go
When you are triaging a codebase, one pattern is rarely enough.
/TODO/e
Most users know /pattern, but fewer use search offsets to control where the cursor lands after the match.
:set wildignorecase
:set wildignorecase makes Vim's command-line tab completion treat uppercase and lowercase letters as equivalent when completing file names, buffer names, and ot
qQ
Recording a macro with an uppercase register letter appends to the existing macro in the corresponding lowercase register instead of overwriting it.
:cdo normal! @q
When a refactor target spans many files but only specific matches matter, running a macro globally is risky.
/\%>10l\%<20lTODO
Vim regex supports position atoms that can constrain where a match is allowed to occur.
:set whichwrap+=<,>,h,l
By default, h and l stop at line boundaries.
:keepalt edit {file}<CR>
The alternate-file mark (#) powers fast toggles like and commands that depend on the previous file context.
command-line #command-line #buffers #workflow #navigation #advanced
:keepmarks
When Vim executes commands that move or reorder lines — such as :sort, :%!sort, or :s/// across ranges — it automatically adjusts named marks to follow the
saghen/blink.cmp
blink.
ggVG
While Vim doesn't have a built-in "entire buffer" text object, the ggVG sequence achieves it: go to the first line, enter line-wise visual mode, then select to
<C-u>
The (Ctrl+u) command scrolls the window up by half a screen, moving the cursor along with it.
:let maplocalleader = ','
Vim provides two separate leader keys: (global) and (local to the current buffer).
<C-r>=strftime('%Y-%m-%d')<CR>
The expression register ("=) lets you evaluate any Vimscript expression and insert its result inline.
registers #registers #insert-mode #expression-register #dates
qQ (or any uppercase register letter)
When recording a macro with qq, you can append additional keystrokes to the existing macro by recording into the uppercase version of the same register.
