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It is a common task to search and replace all occurrences of a word within the current buffer. For example, given the following buffer: Initial Conditions B eautiful is better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. NORMAL Top 1:1 Suppose one wants to change all occurrences of is better to is way better . The first step in the example if to move the cursor to the word we want to replace: w B eautiful i s better than ugly. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. NORMAL Top 1:11 then press & to select all occurrences of the word under the cursor. In addition to selecting all occurrences of is , the cursor moves to the next occurrence. * Beautiful i s better than ugly. Explicit i s better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Complex is better than complicated. Flat is better than nested. Sparse is better than dense. Readability counts. NORMAL 25% 2:10 The general template for searching and replacing is: :[range]s/{pattern}/{replacement}/[flags] where Template Value Description : Puts Vim into Command Mode [range] % Applies this command to the entire file s/ Indicates that this is a search and replace operation {pattern}/ Not needed, since the words to replace are already selected. {replacement}/ is way Specifies the text to replace the search pattern with. [flags] No flags are specified. Putting this all together and executing the command: Beautiful is way better than ugly. Explicit i s way better than implicit. Simple is way better than complex. Complex is way better than complicated. Flat is way better than nested. S parse is way better than dense. Readability counts. NORMAL 75% 6:1 6 substitutions on 6 lines As expected, each occurrence of is has been replaced with is way .