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Mark C.
Mark C.

Reputation: 1915

vim does not find and replace simple phrase that is clearly present

I have a simple vim problem that Google hasn't managed to help me with. Any thoughts are appreciated.

I do the following search and replace:

:s/numnodes/numnodes1/g

On a file containing the following text:

numprocs=0  
numnodes=0

I get 

E486: Pattern not found

The position of the green square which indicates where I'd start typing is clearly above the pattern. I tried searching for other short phrases not involving regex, which are also present, which also fail. A simple /numnodes highlights matches as expected. Does anyone have any idea what might be the matter with vim?

Upvotes: 100

Views: 60198

Answers (2)

mmccomb
mmccomb

Reputation: 13817

Try :%s/searchphrase/replacephase/g

Without the % symbol Vim only matches and replaces on the current line.

Upvotes: 190

Uku Loskit
Uku Loskit

Reputation: 42040

try using this:

:%s/numnodes/numnodes1/g

Upvotes: 19

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