search and replace
Reference: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Search_and_replace
Search current line only. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive
:s/pattern/replace/flag
Search all lines. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive
:%s/pattern/replace/flag
Search range of lines inclusive. Defaults: first occurrence, case sensitive Example searches line 5-12 inclusive.
:5,12s/pattern/replace/flag search lines 5-12 inclusive :1,.s/pattern/replace/flag search lines 1-current line inclusive :.,$s/pattern/replace/flag search lines current line-end of file inclusive
flags:
- g - replace all
- c - ask before replacing
- i - case insensitive
Count number of occurrences of pattern.
:%s/pattern//ng count all occurrences of pattern
