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Read in lines 147-227 of foo.c:

:r! sed -n 147,227p /path/to/foo/foo.c

Replace until the next occurance of x:

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Quote a word, using single quotes:

ciw'Ctrl+r"'

• ciw - Delete the word the cursor is on, and end up in insert mode.

• ' - add the first quote.

• Ctrl+r" - Insert the contents of the " register, aka the last yank/delete.

• ' - add the closing quote.

Rename a file w/o leaving vim

Credit: http://aokolish.me/blog/2014/11/05/rename-a-file-without-leaving-vim/

function! RenameFile()
    let old_name = expand('%')
    let new_name = input('New file name: ', expand('%'), 'file')
    if new_name != '' && new_name != old_name
        exec ':saveas ' . new_name
        exec ':silent !rm ' . old_name
        redraw!
    endif
endfunction
map <leader>r :call RenameFile()<cr>