ViVIM: Find And Replace All Text Substitute Command

Vim: Search and replace syntax

The syntax is as follows:

:s/Search/Replace/CommandFlag :s/Search-Word/Replace-Word/g :%s/Search-Word/Replace-Word/g :%s/Search-Word/Replace-Word/gc

Examples Text

-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT ## full acess to lo and eth0 ## -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j ACCEPT # log spoof -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j LOG --log-prefix "IP DROP SPOOF A: " -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 172.16.0.0/12 -j LOG --log-prefix "IP DROP SPOOF B: " -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP

To find each occurrence of eth0 in the current line only, and replace it with br0, enter (first press Esc key and type):

:s/eth0/br0/g

To find and replace all occurrences of eth1 with br1, enter:

:%s/eth1/br1/g

To find and replace all occurrences of eth1 with br1, but ask for confirmation first, enter:

:%s/eth1/br1/gc

To find and replace all occurrences of case insensitive eth1 with br1, enter:

:%s/eth1/br1/gi

The above example will find eth1, ETH1, eTh1, ETh1 and so on and replace with br1. To find and replace all occurrences of eth1 with br1 for lines from 3 to 7, enter:

:3,7s/eth1/br1/g

A quick demo