Searching and Replacing in vi
One of vi’s better features (and advantages over pico) is that it allows you to search and replace throughout entire files. As shown in the next sections, you can just find a specific string of text (a regular expression, in Unix lingo; see Figure 4.14), or you can find the text and replace it with other text, as in Figure 4.15.
Figure 4.15. Replacing text in vi requires a bit of arcane syntax, but you get used to it quickly.
To Find a String of Text in vi:
1. | vi hairyspider
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