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Answer 1

+4 A:

:%s/string/string/g will give the answer.

Mohit Chakraborty 2009-04-03 20:41:55

What a better answer. +5 if possible

ojblass 2009-04-04 00:49:48

Answer 2

+7 A:

You need the n flag. To count words use:

:%s/\i\+/&/gn

and a particular word:

:%s/the/&/gn

See count-items documentation section.

If you simply type in:

%s/pattern/pattern/g

then the status line will give you the number of matches in vi as well.

dirkgently 2009-04-03 20:42:07

It looks like this answer is for Vim users and not for Vi :(

kadeshpa 2009-04-03 20:52:44

Do you only have vi on your system? Which version?

dirkgently 2009-04-03 20:55:38

Someone tagged your quesiton with vim in it... I removed it.

ojblass 2009-04-03 21:52:50

Answer 3

+4 A:

:g/xxxx/d

This will delete all the lines with pattern, and report how many deleted. Undo to get them back after.

Kevin Beck 2009-04-03 20:43:11

Of course, he can just omit the "d" so he doesn't have to unto the operation.

ldigas 2009-04-03 21:02:04

Note this only tells you how many lines - not how many occurences. I think dirk's is a better solution.

anon 2009-04-03 21:06:46

My solution below correctly counts multiple occurences within a line and there is nothing to undo.

Mohit Chakraborty 2009-04-03 21:14:48

Answer 4

A:

THE way is

:%s/pattern//gn

Gustavo 2010-10-13 18:20:26

Search for string and get count in VI editor