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Vim : replacing entire word based on partial match search on all lines

I want to replace all occurrences of a word in a file with a partial match. For example, search using "75008" and replace entire word with "12345678901"

Actual content 

75003681846 75008494799 75213014616 
75003681846 75008494795 75213014613                                       
75003681846 75008513200 75213014614                                                   
75003681846 75008494798 75213014617

Expected content after replace 

75003681846 12345678901 75213014616 
75003681846 12345678901 75213014613                                       
75003681846 12345678901 75213014614                                                   
75003681846 12345678901 75213014617

How to do it in vim

Thanks Red Ant

Solution

  • \< and \> match word boundaries.

    \S* matches all non-whitespace.

    s does substitution.

    % applies it to the entire file.

    :%s/\<\S*75008\S*\>/12345678901/g