Confirm line delete

Question

I have created a function to search all double lines in a file.

I use the "line-number"g/.*/d to delete the line.

However I would like to confirm if a line has to be deleted or not, like the s/..//gc command

Is it possible to delete a certain line with the global or substitute
command and confirm every action?

related: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42954285/how-to-make-vims-global-command-confirm-able-before-executing-the-ex-command — Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com, Jul 19 '18 at 09:00

Prince Goulash · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-09T09:33:22.410

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Why not try a substitute command instead of the delete command?

"line-number"s/^.*$\n//c

edited Jul 09 '11 at 09:33

answered Jul 09 '11 at 09:19

Prince Goulash

I had never thought of using `\n`, without which I had to use delete command... – Gordon Bai May 01 '21 at 19:31

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 09 '11 at 08:03

7

If I wanted to delete lines in a file and confirm each one, I would:

answered Jul 09 '11 at 08:03

Greg Hewgill

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it is not possible in my case. I do a check of every line with every other line and put the double line numbers in a list. Then I use the `\%l` code to put them all in a @/ variable and return it to the file. There in my opinion no way to "go to next" using a `\%l` in the search. – Reman Jul 09 '11 at 08:08

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