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Asked: June 3, 20262026-06-03T13:14:06+00:00 2026-06-03T13:14:06+00:00

In Vim, when I run a substitution command like :%s/foo/bar/g it replaces all occurrences

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In Vim, when I run a substitution command like

:%s/foo/bar/g

it replaces all occurrences of foo with bar in the entire buffer. When it completes, the cursor moves to the last location where foo was replaced with bar.

How can I run :%s/foo/bar/g without having the cursor leave its original location where it was before the substitution command was issued?

Is there some option I can set in the .vimrc file?

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    2026-06-03T13:14:08+00:00Added an answer on June 3, 2026 at 1:14 pm

    I just type Ctrl+O after the replace to get back to the previous location.

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