Re: getting the current word into command mode line

[Bill McCarthy]

On Wed 8-Nov-06 5:55pm -0600, Chuck Mason wrote:

> Say cursor is highlighting a word <cword>, and I want to
> replace this word with something else everywhere in the
> file.

In addition to the solution from Gary, if you want the
"\<word\>" under the cursor you could hit '*', then use:

    :%s//something/g
    
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Best regards,
Bill