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From: wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.<ho95c>)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Query-replace on VI
Message-ID: <86@skep2.ATT.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 88 02:58:17 GMT
References: <2587@geac.UUCP> <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>
Reply-To: wcs@skep2.UUCP (46323-Bill.Stewart.<ho95c>,2G218,x0705,)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Center 4632, Holmdel, NJ
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Summary: RTFM

In article <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> choy-albert@CS.YALE.EDU (Albert M. Choy) writes:
>  Does anyone know if VI has the query-replace function?  

Two ways to do it, both from the manual:
1)	/foo	# search for foo
	cwBAR	# replace it with BAR
	n	# find next foo		### repeat these two steps
	.	# do cwBAR again	### many times.

2)	:g/foo/s//BAR/gc		### works in ex-mode
	
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