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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Answer Posted / shilpi gupta
sed 's/\<amaze\>/delight/g' file_name
or
In Vi editor..you can use
:%s/\<amaze\>/delight/g
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