Vim running commands with execute and normal

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I'm trying to search through a page for the word CREATE. I would then like to put DELIMITER $$ above that line.

Here is my attempt. Can someone point me in the right direction?

:execute "%normal! /CREATE\<cr>"."O DELIMITER $$"."<esc>"

Am I on the right track?

Ingo Karkat · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-03 07:46:22Z

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Yes, you're close. To combine an action with a matching pattern, use the :global command. For prepending text in a new line, there are actually multiple approaches: The normal-mode O command can be used with :normal, or you can :put an expression = (instead of register contents) containing the text.

:g/CREATE/normal! O$$

or

:g/CREATE/put! ='$$'

answered Jul 3, 2013 at 7:46

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