search and replace keys vim
/search_text search document for search_text going forward
?search_text search document for search_text going backward
n move to the next instance of the result from the search
N move to the previous instance of the result
:%s/original/replacement Search for the first occurrence of the string “original” and replace it with “replacement”
:%s/original/replacement/g Search and replace all occurrences of the string “original” with “replacement”
:%s/original/replacement/gc Search for all occurrences of the string “original” but ask for confirmation before replacing them with “replacement”
f or F Search for the next occurrence of a character or go to the previous occurrence