Vim Replacement Command

Replace command format • Command Format

: [Replace-range] s/replace-pattern/replace-string/ [c,e,g,i]

• Command Description

       text replace range , in general form, is [M,n] , which indicates that the text between rows of M and n will be replaced. This option can be omitted, and the text that replaces the current line is omitted. You can use wildcard characters $ and % , where the wildcard character $ means End Line Wildcard % means [1,$] , which is the entire text that is currently being edited.

Replace-pattern:

The string that will be replaced, which can be matched by using regular Expressions .

Replace-string:

Replace the Replace-pattern string .

C:

Ask before each replacement, C denotes confirm.

E:

No error message is displayed, E indicates error.

G:

does not ask for an entire line substitution, G represents global.

I

case insensitive, I represents ignore.

/ :

       delimiter. Note You can use # as the delimiter, when the/no longer appears as a delimiter in the string.

Common substitution Commands

:%s/read_cb/readcallback/g

Replaces all READ_CB strings of the current text with readcallback strings

Vim Replacement Command