How can I include the period (.) in Vim's search and replace command? (replacing .html extensions)?

Escape it. The is a regex character which means "any character", so you need to escape it with.

Escape it. The . Is a regex character which means "any character", so you need to escape it with \.

:%s/\. Html/. Php/g.

Sorry, guys but I can just accept one answer – alexchenco Apr 30 '10 at 13:24.

Just escape the . Character. Search for /\.html.

Use backslach to escape the dot. /\. Html will look for ".

Html".

Wow - I am way too slow. :( – Danny Whitt Apr 30 '10 at 13:17.

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