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so I can replace "<" -square brackets in VIM using ":s/</</g" and thats great, but It does not replace the ending bracket, thats problem number one. But the main issue is:

How do I replace all square brackets marked in VISUAL MODE? Say I want to replace all marked brackets "

just as on the screenshot with "&lt", so It will be displayed in HTML as codeenter image description here. I want to replace only them, not the others, do you know what is the pattern?

Sorry for beginners question, but I would like to know.

Thank you so much

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  • It works in VISUAL MODE, but the escaping character exits the VISUALLY SELECTED LINES I think... Commented Mar 29, 2022 at 6:29
  • vi.stackexchange.com Commented Mar 29, 2022 at 10:09

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  1. Those are angle brackets, not "square brackets".
  2. :s/</</g does nothing useful. Did you mean :s/</\&lt;/g?
  3. You already know how to change the opening bracket so you only need to do the same thing for the closing bracket but with the appropriate pattern and replacement.
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If I correctly interpret your question and screenshot, you want the > marked in red to be replaced with &gt; -- yes? If so, then I think @romainl suggested a good answer:

:s/>/&gt;/g

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:s/>/>/g is working fine, thank you.

Basically, I also wanted to know if I can do this for multiple lines. Bat all you need to do is to select or mark specific "angle brackets", so again, thanks to romainnl and m_mlvx.

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