#vi #vim #sed #linux #unix #AIX #debian #vi #vim 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 The formal syntax for searching is:  :s/string  For example, suppose you want to search some text for the string "cherry." Type the following and press ENTER:  :s/cherry  The first match for "cherry" in your text will then be highlighted. To see if there are additional occurrences of the same string in the text, type n, and the highlight will switch to the next match, if one exists.  The syntax for replacing one string with another string in the current line is  :s/pattern/replace/  Here "pattern" represents the old string and "replace" represents the new string. For example, to replace each occurrence of the word "lemon" in a line with "orange," type:  :s/lemon/orange/  The syntax for replacing every occurrence of a string in the entire text is similar. The only difference is the addition of a "%" in front of the "s":  :%s/pattern/replace/  Thus repeating the previous example for the entire text instead of just for a single line would be:  :%s/lemon/orange/ Zie ook [[VI VIM Cheat Sheet]]