First open the file by using vi editor and then use this :%s /amaze/del

How to replace the exact word in vi editor??
suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazement in
some of the line.But i want to replace only 'amaze' with
delight but don't wanna replace amazed or amazement.
thanks

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First open the file by using vi editor and then

use this :%s /amaze/delight/g

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