serch and replace in VI

yusufs · 03-01-2008, 08:35 AM

Dear all,

I have a big file like which contains /mnt//oracle in most of the places .. I want to know in VI editor, can we search for the string // and replace with / ..such that mnt//oracle will become /mnt/oracle. I know to query for a word in VI.. but for a wildcard like this how to finf out and replace ?

Thanks
Yusuf

acid_kewpie · 03-01-2008, 09:06 AM

since when was that a wildcard??

maybe you mean a special character? anyway, just escape it with a \

:s/\/\//\//g

Tinkster · 03-01-2008, 01:03 PM

Shouldn't that be

Code:

:%s/\/\//\//g

?

Cheers,
Tink

XavierP · 03-01-2008, 05:47 PM

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