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E. Lynette Rayle edited this page Mar 2, 2022 · 2 revisions

search and replace

Reference: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace

Search current line only. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive

:s/pattern/replace/flag

Search all lines. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive

:%s/pattern/replace/flag

Search range of lines inclusive. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive Example searches line 5-12 inclusive.

:5,12s/pattern/replace/flag       search lines 5-12 inclusive
:1,.s/pattern/replace/flag        search lines 1-current line inclusive
:.,$s/pattern/replace/flag        search lines current line-end of file inclusive

flags:

  • g - replace all
  • c - ask before replacing
  • i - case insensitive

Count number of occurrences of pattern.

:%s/pattern//ng                   count all occurrences of pattern
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