Charl Matthee wrote: > > On Tue Sep 18 2001 at 10:38:57AM +0200 'Craig' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Need to do an extended find and replace with VIM, anyone > > know the syntax for me ? I have a really long named.conf > > file I need to modify ... > > :%s/thing_to_find/thing_to_replace/gc > > g: global > c: check with operator before substituting > > If you need to find and replace over multiple lines I suggest you rather > use a little perl script. maybe if you want to script, you can use the -s option of vim cat < EOF > cmd.file :1,$s/thing_to_find/thing_to_replace/ :wq EOF vim -s cmd.file named.conf regards hugh > > Ciao > > Charl > __________________________________________________________________________ > > Making reality real since 1974. > __________________________________________________________________________ > > [ Charl Matthee ] [ +27-11-721-3800 ] > [ Reality Manufacturing ] [ +27-11-405-6508 ] > __________________________________________________________________________ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
