Using a text editor to manipulate files with lines that are thousands
of words long seems like a not very good idea to me.
But all you need is two awk one liners to automate such task. Get desired word:
awk -v w=1000 -v ORS=' ' -v 'RS= ' 'NR==w { print } '
Replace it with a new value:
awk -v w=1000 -v nw='NewValue' -v ORS=' ' -v 'RS= ' 'NR==w { print
nw; next } { print } '
And so on for any other similar tasks.
A script that prompts you for line and word number, prints it, and
lets you enter a new value should be under a dozen lines of rc.
uriel
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:31 PM, roger peppe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2009/3/3 Russ Cox <[email protected]>:
>> s/<tab>/\n/g
>> .-0+1000
>> u
>>
>> that will show you what the 1000th word is, and then you
>> can go back to it after the undo. It's not ideal, but you asked.
>
> watch out though... that actually takes you to the 1001st word!
>
>
