On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 10:55:51 +1000, Tien Pham sent: >Dear all > Hi Tien
>I have a very large file containing 7000 lines of data in a >single column. Below is a sample. Many of them are 7 digit >numbers and others are 8 digit numbers. For those 7 digit >numbers, I need to add number 0 at the beginning of it. Can >someone please show me a command to do it all in one hit? Those >7 digits numbers have no regular patterns, except that they have >7 digits, and the order of all numbers in the column has to >remain unchanged. > :%s/^\d\{7}$/0&/ On every line that has exactly seven digits replace the match with a zero followed by the entire match. See :help :s >Your help is greatly appreciated. > You're very welcome; --paj -- Pete Johns <http://johnsy.com/> Tel/Fax numbers and IM information <http://johnsy.com/contact/> Road Tripping Story <http://johnsy.com/20060522123211>
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