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vim backreference on search and replace

to linux vim administration by deckard on May 31, 2008
// description of your code here

Use \(\) to denote an atom.
Use \1 to specify the first atom.

<this is your search and replacement terms>

:%s'\(<stuff_to_find>\)'\1<new_stuff>'gc

vim search and replace escape forward slash

to vim by deckard on Apr 29, 2008
Don't escape it, just use a different delimiter, such as single quote

:%s'replacethis'withthis'gc
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On This Page:

  1. 1 vim backreference on search and replace
  2. 2 vim search and replace escape forward slash