How to replace String "a" with String "b" in whole file of
the vi editor?
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Answer / debjyoti mukherjee
:g/string1/s//string2/g
ex:
:g/a/s//b/g
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 45 Yes | 15 No |
Answer / kasani
:%s/a/b/g
where a is old string
b is new string
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 22 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / jp
The answer given by Mukesh would only change the first word
in each line.
So change has to be global... so add /g to it.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 8 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / deepti
current path= /a/b/c/ -- new path= /e/f/
:%s/a\/b\/c/e\/f
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / nikhil vasishta
try this.
current path= /a/b/c/ -- new path= /e/f/
:%s/a\/b\/c\//e\/f\//g
where g = global (wherever the current path comes it will
change it to new path).
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 7 No |
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