How do I fix the indentation of an entire file in Vi

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In Vim  what is the command to correct the indentation of all the lines   Often times I ll copy and paste code into a remote terminal and have the whole thing messed up   I want to fix this in one fell swoop

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You can use tidy application utility to indent HTML  amp  XML files and it works pretty well in indenting those files   Prettify an XML file    tidy -mi -xml     Prettify an HTML file    tidy -mi -html

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For complex C   files vim does not always get the formatting right when using vim s   filter command  So for a such situations it is better to use an external C   formatter like astyle  or uncrustify  e g       astyle   Vim s     function uses its internal formatter by default  which doesn t always gets things right  but one can also set it use an external formatter  like astyle  by setting it up appropriately as discussed in this question

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If you want to reindent the block you re in without having to type any chords  you can do

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The master of all commands is  gg G  This indents the entire file   And below are some of the simple and elegant commands used to indent lines quickly in Vim or gVim   To indent the all the lines below the current line   G   To indent the current line       To indent n lines below the current line  n     For example  to indent 4 lines below the current line  4     To indent a block of code  go to one of the braces and use command

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set paste is your friend I use putty and end up copying code between windows   Before I was turned on to  set paste  and  set nopaste  copy paste gave me fits for that very reason

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if you do not want to use  set paste  middle-click  set nopaste  you can also paste the content of the clipboard     p   p   That way you don t have to leave normal mode  if you have to paste   or   depends on how you selected the text  see  help quoteplus

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set paste is your friend I use putty and end up copying code between windows   Before I was turned on to  set paste  and  set nopaste  copy paste gave me fits for that very reason

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the indent command can take motions  So  gg to get the start of the file    to indent  G to the end of the file  gg G

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Before pasting into the terminal  try  set paste and then  set nopaste after you re done  This will turn off the auto-indent  line-wrap and other features that are messing up your paste   edit  Also  I should point out that a much better result than   indenting can usually be obtained by using an external program  For example  I run    perltidy all the time  astyle  cindent  etc  can also be used  And  of course  you can map those to a key stroke  and map different ones to the same keystroke depending on file type

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the indent command can take motions  So  gg to get the start of the file    to indent  G to the end of the file  gg G

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For XML files  I use this command   1   xmllint --format --recover - 2 gt  dev null   You need to have xmllint installed  package libxml2-utils    Source   http   ku1ik com 2011 09 08 formatting-xml-in-vim-with-indent-command html

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In Vim  use  insert   This will keep all your formatting and not do autoindenting   For more information help  insert

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set paste is your friend I use putty and end up copying code between windows   Before I was turned on to  set paste  and  set nopaste  copy paste gave me fits for that very reason

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In Vim  use  insert   This will keep all your formatting and not do autoindenting   For more information help  insert

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You can use tidy application utility to indent HTML  amp  XML files and it works pretty well in indenting those files   Prettify an XML file    tidy -mi -xml     Prettify an HTML file    tidy -mi -html

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In Vim  use  insert   This will keep all your formatting and not do autoindenting   For more information help  insert

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1G G  That should indent all the lines in the file  1G takes you the first line    will start the auto-indent and the final G will take you the last line in the file

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Before pasting into the terminal  try  set paste and then  set nopaste after you re done  This will turn off the auto-indent  line-wrap and other features that are messing up your paste   edit  Also  I should point out that a much better result than   indenting can usually be obtained by using an external program  For example  I run    perltidy all the time  astyle  cindent  etc  can also be used  And  of course  you can map those to a key stroke  and map different ones to the same keystroke depending on file type

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For complex C   files vim does not always get the formatting right when using vim s   filter command  So for a such situations it is better to use an external C   formatter like astyle  or uncrustify  e g       astyle   Vim s     function uses its internal formatter by default  which doesn t always gets things right  but one can also set it use an external formatter  like astyle  by setting it up appropriately as discussed in this question

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Just go to visual mode in vim   and select from up to down lines after selecting just press        All the selected line will be indented

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vim-autoformat formats your source files using external programs specific for your language  e g  the  rbeautify  gem for Ruby files   js-beautify  npm package for JavaScript

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For vi Editor  use  insert  This will keep all your formatting and not insert auto-indenting Once done press escape to view the actual formatted file otherwise you l see some garbage characters  like  I e g   public static void main String   args     I  I System out println  Some Garbage printed upon using  insert

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the indent command can take motions  So  gg to get the start of the file    to indent  G to the end of the file  gg G

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1G G  That should indent all the lines in the file  1G takes you the first line    will start the auto-indent and the final G will take you the last line in the file

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You can create a mapping to do this for you   This one will auto indent the whole file and still keep your cursor in the position you are   nmap  lt leader gt ai mzgg G z

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press escape and then type below combinations fast   gg G

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if you do not want to use  set paste  middle-click  set nopaste  you can also paste the content of the clipboard     p   p   That way you don t have to leave normal mode  if you have to paste   or   depends on how you selected the text  see  help quoteplus

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In Vim  use  insert   This will keep all your formatting and not do autoindenting   For more information help  insert

User · Answer

1G G  That should indent all the lines in the file  1G takes you the first line    will start the auto-indent and the final G will take you the last line in the file

User · Answer

Before pasting into the terminal  try  set paste and then  set nopaste after you re done  This will turn off the auto-indent  line-wrap and other features that are messing up your paste   edit  Also  I should point out that a much better result than   indenting can usually be obtained by using an external program  For example  I run    perltidy all the time  astyle  cindent  etc  can also be used  And  of course  you can map those to a key stroke  and map different ones to the same keystroke depending on file type

User · Answer

Before pasting into the terminal  try  set paste and then  set nopaste after you re done  This will turn off the auto-indent  line-wrap and other features that are messing up your paste   edit  Also  I should point out that a much better result than   indenting can usually be obtained by using an external program  For example  I run    perltidy all the time  astyle  cindent  etc  can also be used  And  of course  you can map those to a key stroke  and map different ones to the same keystroke depending on file type

User · Answer

Just go to visual mode in vim   and select from up to down lines after selecting just press        All the selected line will be indented

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You can create a mapping to do this for you   This one will auto indent the whole file and still keep your cursor in the position you are   nmap  lt leader gt ai mzgg G z

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press escape and then type below combinations fast   gg G

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the indent command can take motions  So  gg to get the start of the file    to indent  G to the end of the file  gg G

User · Answer

For vi Editor  use  insert  This will keep all your formatting and not insert auto-indenting Once done press escape to view the actual formatted file otherwise you l see some garbage characters  like  I e g   public static void main String   args     I  I System out println  Some Garbage printed upon using  insert

User · Answer

The master of all commands is  gg G  This indents the entire file   And below are some of the simple and elegant commands used to indent lines quickly in Vim or gVim   To indent the all the lines below the current line   G   To indent the current line       To indent n lines below the current line  n     For example  to indent 4 lines below the current line  4     To indent a block of code  go to one of the braces and use command

User · Answer

set paste is your friend I use putty and end up copying code between windows   Before I was turned on to  set paste  and  set nopaste  copy paste gave me fits for that very reason

User · Answer

For XML files  I use this command   1   xmllint --format --recover - 2 gt  dev null   You need to have xmllint installed  package libxml2-utils    Source   http   ku1ik com 2011 09 08 formatting-xml-in-vim-with-indent-command html

User · Answer

1G G  That should indent all the lines in the file  1G takes you the first line    will start the auto-indent and the final G will take you the last line in the file

User · Answer

vim-autoformat formats your source files using external programs specific for your language  e g  the  rbeautify  gem for Ruby files   js-beautify  npm package for JavaScript

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If you want to reindent the block you re in without having to type any chords  you can do

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