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Searching and Replacing in Vim
Search and replace in vim will search for all instances of a given text pattern and replace it with a string.
Command Keys
The commands used for search and replace:
:substitute
:s
(short abbreviated form of substitute)
Command Structure
The structure used for search and replace:
:[range]
s
/[pattern]
/[string]
/[flags]
[count]
where...
[range]
indicates the lines to search (e.g.1
: first line,$
: last line,%
: all lines).[pattern]
is the text pattern to be searched.[string]
is the string that will replace the text pattern.[flags]
turn on additional search and replace options (e.g.c
: confirm substitution,g
: replace all occurences in each line,i
: ignore case).[count]
replaces in[count]
lines starting from the last line in[range]
(or current line if[range]
omitted).
Common Examples
Some common search and replace examples are listed below:
:s/foo/bar/
Change the first 'foo' to 'bar' in the current line.:s/foo/bar/g
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in the current line.:%s/foo/bar/g
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in all the lines.:13s/foo/bar/g
Change each 'foo' to 'bar' in line 13.:%s/foo/bar/cgi
Change every 'foo' to 'bar' in all lines.