how to Find and replace text with in a file from terminal using vim editor

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The file size is more than 40 GB. Want to find some text and replace it. I will be grateful if I will get some suggestion how to do it. There are three steps: 1. find space and remove it 2. find > symbol and replace it with "> ". 3. find < symbol and replace it with " <".

One good way to find out how to do it is to search for your exact question and look at the answers. — pvg, Sep 14 '17 at 12:38
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17140886/how-to-search-and-replace-text-in-a-file-using-python — AkshayDandekar, Sep 14 '17 at 12:45

Phydeaux · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-14T12:40:29.663

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You could use sed:

sed -ie "s/>/\">\"/g" /path/to/file

-i: edit in place
-e: run the following command
"s/text/replacement/g": replace every occurrence of text with replacement

edited Sep 14 '17 at 12:40

answered Sep 14 '17 at 12:37

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Not my downvote... but this seems correct, so why downvote it? – cs95 Sep 14 '17 at 12:39

how to Find and replace text with in a file from terminal using vim editor

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