On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:02 AM, jbw wrote:

> I'm trying to quickly change the date format in a downloaded csv file.
> 
> Is there a way to change the following   "12/27/2010"  --> "2010/12/27"

:s:\(\d\+\)/\(\d\+\)/\(\d\+\):\3/\1/\2:

> with one substitution command.
> 
> The second substitution question I have is how to I perform a substitution
> but just add something to the pattern instead of completely replacing it.
> For the same csv file i want to add a newline before the pattern and then
> add some words after the pattern.  I remember seeing how to do this before
> but can't find the instructions anymore
> 
> for example.
> 
> change  the following
> 
> one  $100
> 
> to this
> 
> one
>  $100 two three four

:s/$100/\r& two three four/

& represents the whole text matched.

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