Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 07:18:20 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: malartre@aei.ca (Malartre) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "vi" problem with search & replace (vi do not accept "/"). Message-ID: <199811251318.HAA10956@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <365B4001.4EFA71EB@aei.ca> from Malartre at "Nov 24, 98 06:23:45 pm"
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Put a \ in front of every / :%s/<\/TT><\/B><\/FONT>/<<\/COMMAND>>/g Or, I think you can substitute a different character for the / in the vi command. :%s!</TT></B></FONT>!<</COMMAND>>!g In a previous message, Malartre said: > This is not FreeBSD specific, but I guess someone could give me the > trick: > I want to "search & replace" the sentence "</TT></B></FONT>" with > "<</COMMAND>>". > > :%s/</TT></B></FONT>/<</COMMAND>>/g > > But that give me an error (has I expected, because of the "/" in those > HTML tags. > > Usage: [line [,line]] s [[/;]RE[/;]repl[/;] [cgr] [count] [#lp]]. > > Well, I don't know how to type a "/" without interfering with vi's /. > > Thank you > -- > [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.lowrent.org/freebsd/malartre/] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. -- W. C. Fields To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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