Search and Replace in Vim
I hadn’t used this is a while and needed to change the IP address in a named.conf file. This is not a full tutorial, it’s just a quick and simple howto for search and replace in Vi(m)
Here is the format :%s/search/replace/gc
For example I want to change aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd to www.xxx.yyy.zzz
:%s/aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/www.xxx.yyy.zzz/gc
The g means global, ie do it for multiple occurrences on a single line.
The c means give a confirmation prompt ( you can leave this off if you are confident or crazy)
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