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From: neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: A question on .exrc while using vi
Keywords: exrc vi
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Date: 4 Dec 90 18:46:08 GMT
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Organization: University of Kentucky Computing Center
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Use the change command from within vi at the command prompt:

:[x,y]s/<p>/<r>/<f>


In the above example 

1) [x,y] are optional and may be replaced with line number
values to restrict the range of the change command.

2) p is the pattern you are changing

3) r is the pattern you want to change to 

4) f are optional flags of either 'g' for global change or 'c' for confirm on
each occurance.