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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/gChange each 'foo' to 'bar' in the current line.:%s/foo/bar/gChange each 'foo' to 'bar' in all the lines.:13s/foo/bar/gChange each 'foo' to 'bar' in line 13.:%s/foo/bar/cgiChange every 'foo' to 'bar' in all lines.