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Old 04-24-2012
Help with search and replace or search only of / in vi
Hi all,

I am editing a config file in vi that has a / on it.

At the moment, search and replace looks alright as am able to use a # as a temporary separator, i.e. :,$s#/u01/app#/u02/app#g

For doing a search, I have to escape the / do. So if I want to search for /u01/app, I am having to do \/u01\/app.

Is there another way of doing a search without having to escape them?

Any advise much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Old 04-24-2012
I usually escape them, but you could start from the end of the file using ? to initiate a search (so hit [shift+g] to get to the end first). It doesn't need slashes to be escaped this way.
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Old 04-25-2012
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Originally Posted by zaxxon
I usually escape them, but you could start from the end of the file using ? to initiate a search (so hit [shift+g] to get to the end first). It doesn't need slashes to be escaped this way.

Thanks for your tip. Tried it and it sure doesn't require escaping searching backward.

Am happy with that as a workaround for the time being.
 
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