Multiple choice technology

Command to replace a word with another word?

  1. :s/<old_word>/<new_word>/

  2. :%s/<old_word>/<new_word>/

  3. :%s/<old_word>/<new_word>/g

  4. :s/<old_word>/<new_word>/g
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Explanation

:%s/old/new/g searches for ALL occurrences in the ENTIRE file ('%' means all lines, 'g' means all occurrences per line). :s/old/new only affects first occurrence on current line. :s/old/new/g affects all occurrences on current line only. :%s/old/new affects first occurrence on all lines.

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