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In article <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> ken@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Ken Johnson,E32 SB x212E) writes:
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>>>  Does anyone know if VI has the query-replace function?  
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>>2)	:g/foo/s//BAR/gc		### works in ex-mode
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>Works, but it is not a query-replace; it is a global replace.
>As far as I can see there is no way to do a query-replace in `vi',
>but if that is so it's a serious omission.
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I don't know what version of `vi' you're using, but the above command
sure works on version 3.7 (type :ver to see what version you have).  In
general, the `g' suffix defines the subsitution as global; the `c'
suffix as query-replace (perhaps the `c' is for confirm?).  

When I want to do a query-replace on an entire file, I do    

		:%s/oldword/newword/gc 

Also, remember, `vi' is a line-oriented editor, so if you do
substitutions on phrases instead of a single word, `vi' will miss those
phrases that break accross the end of a line.  Hope this helps.

Lew