How would you change all occurrences of a value using VI?
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Answer / sridhar
press esc+shift
then when the VI takes u to the edit mode use the following.
:%s/pattern/new value/g
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Answer / sameer
press esc+shift
then when the VI takes u to the edit mode use the following.
:1,$s/pattern to be changed/new value/g
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Answer / chitra
One should be in command mode for doing this.(i.e press esc)
:%s/oldpattern/newpattern and press enter
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