find and replace in vim?

In Vim, you can find and replace text using the following commands:

To find a specific word or phrase, use the / command followed by the word or phrase you want to find. For example, to find the word "example," type /example and press Enter.
To find the next occurrence of the word or phrase, press n. To find the previous occurrence, press N.
To replace a specific word or phrase, use the :s/old-word/new-word/ command. For example, to replace the word "example" with "test," type :s/example/test/ and press Enter.
To replace all occurrences of a word or phrase in the current line, add the g flag to the replace command. For example, to replace all occurrences of "example" with "test" in the current line, type :s/example/test/g and press Enter.
To replace all occurrences of a word or phrase in the entire file, use the :%s/old-word/new-word/g command. For example, to replace all occurrences of "example" with "test" in the entire file, type :%s/example/test/g and press Enter.
If you want to confirm every replacement you can add the c flag at the end of the command. Example: :%s/example/test/gc

These are just some of the common and basic ways to accomplish Find and Replace in Vim

Find and Replace across entire folder or Project

You can use the :vimgrep command to do find and replace across entire project. Here's an example of how to use it:

Open Vim and navigate to the directory containing the files you want to search.
Run the :vimgrep command followed by the word or phrase you want to find, and the file pattern of the files you want to search. For example, to search for the word "example" in all .js files in the current directory, you would run the command :vimgrep example *.js.
The command will search through all the files and return a list of matches in the "quickfix list". To open the quickfix list, run the command :copen
Once you have the quickfix list open, you can navigate through the matches using :cnext and :cprev commands and make the replacements as you go or using the command :bufdo %s/old-word/new-word/gc
To close the quickfix list, you can run the command :cclose

Alternatively, you can use a command-line tool like sed or awk in conjunction with Vim to perform find and replace across multiple files. These tools can be used to search for and replace text in multiple files at once, making it more efficient and convenient than searching for text manually in each file.

Please note that before making any changes to multiple files, it's always a good idea to make a backup of your files.

How do I find and replace in vim?

Find and Replace across entire folder or Project