Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On Jan 25, 2008 1:58 PM, Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I know the vim command :%s///gc to replace throughout the file, with >> verification, including multiple occurrences on individual lines. But >> I'm not quite sure how to go about what I want. >> >> I want to issue the command such that any lines that are not ^$$ >> (BOL$EOL) or ^%$ will get <br> appended *unless* the line already ends >> <br>$ (<br>EOL). >> > I think I understand that sometimes when you write "$" you mean the > dollar-sign character and other times you mean the symbolic > representation of End-Of-Line. But it is not completely clear. > > Perhaps the command you are looking for is "g!" global exclude. > > :%g!/pattern/action # perform action on all lines not > matching pattern > # action can include another > substitution match > # and other specifications > like g)lobal and c)onfirm > :%g!/pattern/s/pattern2/new thing/gc
Wow another vim capability I never encountered. Now, I wonder if there is any way to get more occurrences of the adj/adv "global" into a vim command. This one has 3 does it not? Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
