27 May 2013

vi Commands


Vi: Search and Replace

Change to normal mode with <ESC>.

Search (Wraped around at end of file): 
  • Search STRING forward : / STRING. 
  • Search STRING backward: ? STRING. 
  • Repeat search: n Repeat search in opposite direction: N (SHIFT-n) 

Replace: Same as with sed, Replace OLD with NEW: 
  • First occurrence on current line: :s/OLD/NEW 
  • Globally (all) on current line: :s/OLD/NEW/g 
  • Between two lines #,#: :#,#s/OLD/NEW/g 
  • Every occurrence in file: :%s/OLD/NEW/g