Some time back there was a post on vim_use list about the “/g” flag for the search and replace functionality of the vim. And the response of “Tim Chase” on the same was very elaborate and interesting. I always knew that “/g” is only for replacing multiple occurrences on the same line, but here are few things that I did not know.

   :0/this/s//that

This one will only replace the first occurrence of this in the whole file.

:-/this/s//that

This one will replace the first occurrence of this in the file from current cursor position including the current line.

And finally here is the link to the post.

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