Find and Replace VIM Command
How to use Find and Replace Command in Linux VIM editor?
Explanation
:%s/text1/text2/g stands for Find and replace
This command is used to find and replace a string. In the above command, text1 is the string to find and text2 is the string to be replaced.
Usage:
:%s/text1/text2/g
Example:
- Open the file test.txt using the command
$ vim test.txt - We can notice the text in the file.
Hiox India
Vim Tutorial - In this file let us replace the word 'India' as 'Software'. To replace the string enter.
Enter :%s/India/Software/g - The text after the replacement will be as follows,
