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→INVESTIGATION 3: OTHER COMMANDS THAT USE REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
#Let's learn how to perform a simple '''search and replace''' within the '''vi''' utility by using regular expressions.<br>Issue the following Linux command to edit the '''large-file.txt''' file:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">vi large-file.txt</span><br><br>Let's first perform a simple search within this text file.<br><br>
# Press the '''ESC''' key to make certain you are in '''COMMAND''' mode.<br><br>
# Type the following and press '''ENTER''':<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">/uli101</span><br><br>You should move to the '''first occurrence''' of the pattern: '''uli101'''.<br><br>Let's search for the '''uli101''' pattern, but replace it in capitals (i.e '''ULI101''').<br><br>In vi, in order to perform and command, you need to go into last line mode, and then issue a command <br>to apply to the entire text file, followed by a regular expression to search for and a regular expression to replace (i.e. '''/search/replace/''').<br><br>
# Making certain that you are command mode in vi, type the following and press ENTER:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">:%s/uli101/ULI101/g</span><br><br>
# Navigate throughout the text file to confirm that ALL occurrences of uli101 have been replaced with ULI101.<br><br>