Find and replace strings in vim on multiple lines

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Replace All:

:%s/foo/bar/g

Find each occurrence of ‘foo’ (in all lines), and replace it with ‘bar’.

For specific lines:

:6,10s/foo/bar/g

Change each ‘foo’ to ‘bar’ for all lines from line 6 to line 10 inclusive.

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