On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>wrote:
> I thought that I had saved the instructions for this from several years > ago, but apparently I did not. > > I need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all 3200 lines > in a file. I know that I can do a regex search and replace for the > beginning > of each line, but the quotes I need to remove are in the interior. It seems > to me that there is a way to block a vertical column and manipulate text > within that marked block, but I no longer remember how to do this. > > Pointers or clues are appreciated. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Looks like Rogan is an emacs kind of person. Maybe you are, too. I'm a vim guy, myself. There it's 1. cursor to column of interest 2. ctrl-v (visual block mode) 3. motion commands to select lines 4. edit command of choice (d for delete, s fro replace, etc) For my file of 23575 lines: 1. cursor to column 5. 2. ctrl-v 3. 23575j 4. d et voila! Of course, if you are not vim-savvy, there could be a learning curve. - tony _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
