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Old 03-30-2006
globle replace comand in VI editor

Folks,

How can I do a globe search & replace in VI editor? Any help?

Thanks.
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Old 03-30-2006
:%s/whatyouwantreplaced/whattoreplacewith/g
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Old 03-30-2006
Bug

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