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Replacing/substituting text with a forward slash in VIM

I'm trying to replace the first part of a pathing in a long file I have.

Currently, the part I want to replace reads 

CurrentDir

And I want to replace it with

NewPath/ToDirectory

The problem is I cannot find how to format the replace to incorperate the additional /ToDirectory part of it. I would greatly appreciate any help on this matter

Solution

  • If the problem is escaping the forward slash, then simply use a different separator character:

    :%s,CurrentDir,NewPath/ToDirectory,g

    This even works in any version of sed(1).