I'd like to insert a word in multiple lines, is there any command like
:[2,3,5,7,11]s/^/word\ /g which would insert word at the beginning of line 2, line 3, line 5, line 7 and line 11?
Here, multiple lines are not contiguous.
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Performing a substitution on several consecutive lines is pretty easy:
:2,11s/^/word / but a range can't cover non-consecutive lines.
With a bit of creativity, though, it is entirely possible to work around that "limitation".
Indeed, you can repeat the last substitution with :& or :&& (the former will not preserve the original flags, the latter will) so you can chain substitutions pretty easily:
2s/^/word /|3&|5&|7&|11& See :help :& and scroll around for :&&.
