'vi' is driving me crazy

A. Khattri ajai
Tue Dec 28 01:36:54 PST 2004


On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Matthew Carpenter wrote:

> :%s/^stupid.*endofline/newtext/g
>
> :%s/^KEY_[A-H].*//gi
>
> :%s/^EDITOR=.*/EDITOR="vi"/
>
> Granted, I only wish I could be prompted before replacing the text.

You can - you put a y (for "yes or no") on the end.


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