Simple question about the vi text editor

otacon 14112 · 10-04-2006, 07:53 PM

Hello,

Is there a way to search for all words of a certain string and replace all instances of that search string with a different string? I did this once but I completely forgot how to do it. There is a way to do it in one command, and I can't remember what it is. It's really irritating me that I can't remember it!

If someone could show me how to do it I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks,
Otacon

dive · 10-04-2006, 07:57 PM

:%s/string/replacement/gc

The gc on the end make it global and ask for confirm. You are better off using vim because the confirm feature is better than vi.

otacon 14112 · 10-04-2006, 08:00 PM

Do I actually include the ampersand in the command?

Thanks,
Otacon

otacon 14112 · 10-04-2006, 08:01 PM

Oh yeah, sorry, I was using vim.

Thanks,
Otacon

otacon 14112 · 10-05-2006, 12:37 AM

Ok that worked. Thanks a lot!

Otacon

loonykroons · 10-05-2006, 01:32 AM

Hi,
U can also use "sed" command for the purpose.