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Software >> OS >> Unix >> Utilities >> vi >> Examples of search and replace with regular expressions

 

 

 

 

 

Examples of ranges

Range Description Example
21 line 21 :21s/old/new/g
1 first line :1s/old/new/g
$ last line :$s/old/new/g
. current line :.w single.txt
% all lines (same as 1,$) :%s/old/new/g
21,25 lines 21 to 25 inclusive :21,25s/old/new/g
21,$ lines 21 to end :21,$s/old/new/g
.,$ current line to end :.,$s/old/new/g
.+1,$ line after current line to end :.+1,$s/old/new/g
.,.+5 six lines (current to current+5 inclusive) :.,.+5s/old/new/g
.,.5 same (.5 is interpreted as .+5) :.,.5s/old/new/g

 

References:

https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Ranges

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