Omit 'Pattern not found' error message in Vim script

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nearly_lunchtime picture nearly_lunchtime · Jun 25, 2009 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

I added a function in my .vimrc that's just few search and replace commands. However if one of the patterns is not found I get an error message that I need to enter through. How can I suppress this?

Answer

DrAl picture DrAl · Jun 25, 2009

You can either use :silent or :silent! as a prefix to any command or you can add the 'e' option to the substitute, which is often easier.

:%s/x/y/ge
:silent! %s/x/y/g
:silent %s/x/y/g

For more information, see

:help :silent
:help :s_flags

The information on the e flag is a few paragraphs down from the :s_flags help.

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