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How to replace the exact word in vi editor??
suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazement in
some of the line.But i want to replace only 'amaze' with
delight but don't wanna replace amazed or amazement.
thanks

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How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / shilpi gupta

sed 's/\<amaze\>/delight/g' file_name

or

In Vi editor..you can use

:%s/\<amaze\>/delight/g

Is This Answer Correct ?    7 Yes 0 No

How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / chandra babu.p

s/string/string/g;
ex;

:s/unix/linux/g

Is This Answer Correct ?    5 Yes 2 No

How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / majeed

First open the file by using vi editor and then

use this :%s /amaze/delight/g

Is This Answer Correct ?    3 Yes 2 No

How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / supreet goswami

sed-i "s| amaze |delight|g" filename

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 0 No

How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / kranthi kumar

:1,$s/amaze$/amazing/g

this will be changed only amaze in totalvi editor....

Is This Answer Correct ?    2 Yes 3 No

How to replace the exact word in vi editor?? suppose a file contains words like amaze,amazed,amazem..

Answer / ahmed

sed 's/amaze/amazing/g' filename.txt

Is This Answer Correct ?    0 Yes 1 No

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