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--- vim:cheatsheet:search_and_replace [2021/02/16 10:41] – created peter
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 ====== VIM - Cheatsheet - Search and replace ======
+<code>
+    /pattern - search for pattern
+    ?pattern - search backward for pattern
+    \vpattern - 'very magic' pattern: non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)
+    n - repeat search in same direction
+    N - repeat search in opposite direction
+    :%s/old/new/g - replace all old with new throughout file
+    :%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
+    :noh[lsearch] - remove highlighting of search matches
+</code>
+----
+===== Search in multiple files =====
+<code>
+    :vim[grep] /pattern/ {`{file}`} - search for pattern in multiple files
+</code>
+Example
+<code>
+:vim[grep] /foo/ **/*
+</code>
+<code>
+    :cn[ext] - jump to the next match
+    :cp[revious] - jump to the previous match
+    :cope[n] - open a window containing the list of matches
+    :ccl[ose] - close the quickfix window
+</code>