Yep, this is a dummy’s reference… I keep on forgetting the syntax so I might as well put it here for my own reference… \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
vi is the one, if not the most popular text editor available for a System Administrator on a UNIX and UNIX-like machines.<\/p>\n
It has two modes, command and editor mode.<\/p>\n
Here are some syntax in using the Search and Replace in ‘vi’.<\/p>\n
Search:<\/p>\n
The most basic and most easily remembered command for searching is vi is slash <\/em>or ‘\/’ followed by the character being searched. That’s for forward searching. For backward, vi use ‘?’ followed by the string being searched.<\/p>\n To go to the next occurrance of the string being searched, vi use ‘n’ command. Doesn’t matter if your searching forward (from up, down) or backward, from down to top.<\/p>\n Example:<\/p>\n (you have to be in command mode… press ESC first)<\/p>\n \/search_string<\/em><\/p>\n ?search_string<\/em><\/p>\n Search and Replace<\/strong><\/p>\n For search and replace, use the syntax<\/p>\n :%s\/original\/replaced\/g<\/p>\n Make sense?
\nAny command that begins with a “:<\/tt>” is called a line mode command and performs its duty on the line the cursor is currently on.<\/p>\n