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Author: MCR
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Subject: Re: changing multiple things on one line in vi
Thank You very much, it worked beautifully!

Mike

--- Colin Rasor <> wrote:

> Mike,
>
> Instead of using a global variable like % replace
> it with the line
> number(s) in question.
> :%s/images/pics/g global
> :12s/son.gif/daughter.gif/g replaces line 12 all
> instances
> :1,12s/son/daughter/g Replace all instances of
> son.gif with daughter on
> lines 1-12
>
>
> --Colin.ansel.Rasor
>
> On 8/19/05 2:27 PM, "MCR" <>
> wrote:
>
> > This is along the line of a couple of posts today,
> so
> > I thought I would finally ask. When I have a
> document
> > open in vi, sometimes I would like to do a change
> and
> > have it apply to only one line, I know how to do
> it
> > globally, but I can not seem to find out how to do
> it
> > for just the one line. Example:
> > For global: say I have a html document and my
> image
> > directory is named "images". I decide to change
> the
> > name of the directory to pictures, I know to do
> this
> > for the whole document I do:
> > :%s/images/pictures/g
> >
> > Now what I can not figure out is if I have the
> same
> > document, and on one line I have a file named
> son.gif
> > four times. I have the same file name through out
> the
> > document, but just on this one line I need to
> change
> > all four son.gif to daughter.gif. I do not know
> how
> > to do this. I have tried:
> > :%s/son.gif/daughter.gif <enter>
> >
> > but this did not work. Could someone please offer
> > some insight on how to do this. It would save me
> a
> > lot of typing. Thank You in advance.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > One is led to truth through the interpretation of
> a myth.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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