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Old 10-22-2010
[Solved] Vi - replace words with points (.)
Hello guys,

I'm trying to replace the word "i.e." for "ie." in Vi but everytime I used the search tool for start looking for it (this is: /i.e.), it finds every word that contains the "i" and "e" word. I tried the following command:

Code:
:%s/i.e./ie./g

However, it doesn't work.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
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Old 10-22-2010
Code:
:%s/i\.e\./ie\./g

# 3  
Old 10-22-2010
Many thanks ctsgnb, it worked perfectly.

Cheers
 
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