Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:45:28 +0100 From: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl> To: Richard Schuder <rschuder@coolwave.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Replacing text with forward slash in vi Message-ID: <20001220134528.D59674@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIIEFELBNMFEGKECBMEMFCBAA.rschuder@coolwave.net>; from rschuder@coolwave.net on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:36:52AM -0800 References: <NEBBIIEFELBNMFEGKECBMEMFCBAA.rschuder@coolwave.net>
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:36:52AM -0800, Richard Schuder wrote: > Here's a tough one! > > I want to replace the two dots ``..'' with a URL address like > ``http://website.address.com'' in the following text: > > "../path/to/website/index.html" > > The vi command would be... > > :s/\../http://website.address.com > > but, the two forward slashes following "http:" confuse vi's replace command. Just escape them like you did with the dots: :s/\.\./http:\/\/website.address.com Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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