Using args argdo to change many files regarding a pattern spanning 3 lines

Hi. I am unable to successfully use args argdo to change many files for a specific pattern that spans 3 lines. The files are .htm files. I have used set listchars=:tab-,trail:- to reveal the tabs within the file and have included what I take to be precisely the pattern within the argdo

Running a Set of Commands from a File

Hi. I have saved a file called 'commands.' This file has all of the commands (g /foobar/,/goobar/ d, etc) I need to edit some very large files. I want to 'run' this commands file from within each of the large files that I need to edit. 1) do I have to chmod 'commands' as an executable? 2)

Need Help with Change Last, First to First Last

Hi. I want to reorder variable2 and variable3 from the following line structure for 44 lines in a datafile, the data field separator is a (( character variable1 data((variable2 data((variable3 data((variable4 data ((variable5 data((variable6 data((variable7 data((variable8 data

Re: Need Help with Change Last, First to First Last

Thanks, it works perfectly. Can you explain: why you changed .* to . and the function of {-} Thanks Mike On Oct 29, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Yegappan Lakshmanan wrote: Hi, On 10/29/06, Mike Blonder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. I want to reorder variable2 and variable3 from the following