title: How can I search for the dot character using the search command?
body: <p>I'm trying to use the Search command in Vim:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:Rs/F/T/X
  
  R = range
  F = text to find
  T = text to replace with
  X = options
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But, when I want to search for the "." (dot character) I'm getting some problems.</p>
  
  <p>The task: <strong>Replace all occurences of " ." (space dot) for ">" (greater-than)</strong></p>
  
  <p>So, first I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:%s/ ./&gt;/g
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this changed me all the " ." (space ANY-CHARACTER) to the ">" character.</p>
  
  <p>Then I remembered that the dot character is a special one, so I tried this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>:%s/ \./&gt;/g
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But vim threw me an error: <strong>E486 Can't find pattern " \."</strong></p>
  
  <p>And finally I tried this crazy thing:</p>
  
  <p><code>:%s/" ."/&gt;/g</code> and this <code>:%s/" \."/&gt;/g</code></p>
  
  <p>But I got the same result: <strong>E486 Can't find pattern...</strong></p>
  
  <h2>So, how can I search for the dot character using the search command?</h2>
  
  <p>PS: Sorry for my poor English.</p>