On Friday 11 of January 2013 13:24:12 Peter A. Cejchan wrote:
> I am now on p9p and this does not work - at least with (... )*
>
> > using the \1 (used to be undocumented on plan9) may be sometimes easier
> > Edit s/\+\+([A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9])*/\1++/>
oughta be
Edit s/\+\+([A-Za-z]+[A-Za-z0-9]*)/\1++/
the * moves to the left.
also, probably oughta be
Edit ,s/....../g
to work on all lines, and change multiple matches in one go.
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