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Code sample:
for file in files:
do_something(root+file)
I want to replace file with f but I must keep files.
Usually I use the below command:
:%s/file/f/gcI
but it matches files as well. Is there any way to match only a whole word which works for the (root+file) syntax too?
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When you want to search for a string of text and replace it with another string of text, you can use the syntax :[range]s/search/replace/. The range is optional; if you just run :s/search/replace/, it will search only the current line and match only the first occurrence of a term.
As soon as press 'w', you can type your word right away, and enter to perform a wholeword search.
In normal mode, press / to start a search, then type the pattern ( \<i\> ), then press Enter. If you have an example of the word you want to find on screen, you do not need to enter a search pattern. Simply move the cursor anywhere within the word, then press * to search for the next occurrence of that whole word.
To search in the current file, you just need to type / in normal mode. Then, you need to type your search pattern, press enter , and the result becomes highlighted in your file. To go backward and forward through the results, you can type n and N (for n ext) respectively. Using / will search forward in the file.
Use \< and \> to match the beginning and the end of a word:
:%s/\<file\>/f/gcI
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