One should be in command mode for doing this.(i.e press esc) :%s/oldpatter

How would you change all occurrences of a value using VI?

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Answer Posted / chitra

One should be in command mode for doing this.(i.e press esc)
:%s/oldpattern/newpattern and press enter

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