vim: substitute word under cursor

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Does anybody know how to substitute a word under my current cursor
position in vim?

Thank you!

[Jean-Rene David]

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Does anybody know how to substitute a word under my
current cursor position in vim?

:s/<C-R><C-W>/replacement text/

<C-R><C-W> will put the word under the cursor on the
command-line.

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Post by Jean-Rene David

Post by v***@gmail.com
Does anybody know how to substitute a word under my
current cursor position in vim?

:s/<C-R><C-W>/replacement text/
<C-R><C-W> will put the word under the cursor on the
command-line.
--
JR

It works! Thank you!

[Jean-Rene David]

Post by v***@gmail.com
Does anybody know how to substitute a word under my current cursor
position in vim?

Another way, just type "ciw" in normal mode. "iw" is an
object selection command which means "inner word".

:h object-select