vim: substitution.vim.md

:[range] s[ubstitute]/pattern/string/[flags] [count]

Everything enclosed between [] in this command is optional.

range

Range can be:

• 28 - line 28
• 1 - first line
• $ - last line
• % - all lines in a file (same as 1,$)
• 11,$ - line 11 to end of the file
• .,$ - current line to end of the file
• .+1,$ - line after current line to end
• .,.+4 - current to current+5 line, inclusive
• ?a?,/b/ - between patterns a and b, inclusive

flags

Substitution flags can be:

• c - to confirm each substitution
• g - to replace all occurrences in the line
• i - ignore case for the pattern
• I - don’t ignore case for the pattern