changing multiple things on one line in vi

[MCR]

Thank You very much, it worked beautifully!

Mike

--- Colin Rasor <tcaz at tcaz.com> 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" <mike1071 at yahoo.com>
> 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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