Re: Find a value , and insert it at the begining of line

On 2026-05-26 17:06, Vim Users wrote:
> this works. Is there a niftier way? (ie without capturing the
> context).
>
> :%s/\(.*\)\(18\d\d\)\(.*\)/\2\1\2\3/

You could do something like

  :%s/.*\(18\d\d\)/\1&

if you wanted to simplify it.

-tkc
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