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Replace Mode Before entering this mode, get into normal mode and put your cursor on top of the first character that you want to replace. Then press 'R' (capital R) to enter replace mode.
Changing the modes The most commonly used command to enter in to insert mode is “i”. To shift back to normal mode, press Esc. To switch to the visual mode from Normal mode, different commands are v, V, Shift + v, and Ctrl + v. The most commonly used command to enter in to insert mode is “v”.
You can switch to the Insert mode from the command mode by pressing 'i' on the keyboard. Once you are in Insert mode, any key would be taken as an input for the file on which you are currently working.
From the ViM manual:
5. Replace mode *Replace* *Replace-mode* *mode-replace* Enter Replace mode with the "R" command in normal mode.
Of course you can map any key to R, for example by doing
:map <F5> R
You can press R and you'll get into the REPLACE mode.
R brings you into replace mode.
You have to press R to go to replace mode. For this, you must first be in non-editing mode
In normal mode, press Shift+R.
r will replace a single character.
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