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Old 11-21-2001, 01:08 AM   #1
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How to 'Find and Replace' text in vi editor?

I am trying to change all occurances of xxx with yyy in a file. How to do it
1. in vi editor?
2. from command prompt?

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Old 11-21-2001, 08:32 AM   #2
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In vi:
Code:
:1,$ s/xxx/yyy/g
 
Old 11-21-2001, 09:40 AM   #3
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Also in vi.
Code:
:%s/xxx/yyy/g
Shell:
Code:
sed 's/xxx/yyy/g' filename > filename2
 
  


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