Search and Replace in Vim

Searching and replacing text in a document is a common task. While programming we usually try to use refactring capabilities of our editors. Sometimes this is not feasable.

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Problem

I want to search and replace a or all occurances of a phrase in the current file.

Solution

    # Einzlenes Ergebnis ersetzen
    %s/[Suchstring]/[Ersetzungsstring]/

    #Alle Ergebnisse ersetzen
    :%s/[Suchstring]/[Ersetzungsstring]/g

Important

The search phrase will be interpreted as a regular expression. Reserved expressions like a . or a \ must therefore be escaped.

Tags

• vim
• vim-repo