Using Vim as a diff tool

vim-diff

Firstly I will start with why to not use diff. I am not suggesting a replacement, I have simply found that Vim offers a much better interface, that is available on most (*nix based) server environments for comparing and merging files side by side.
Getting started
vim -d file_original.txt file_new.txt
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Quick text replacement Vi tip

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This came about as i wanted to replace just a few lines of text in vi.
Work out what range of lines to select
:set number
Find the lines you wish to modify
35 #Hosts per intl
36 192.168.0.22 uk.dev.site.com
37 192.168.0.22 de.dev.site.com
38 192.168.0.22 es.dev.site.com
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