Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:26:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: malartre@aei.ca, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "vi" problem with search & replace (vi do not accept "/"). Message-ID: <199811242326.PAA10376@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <365B4001.4EFA71EB@aei.ca>
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>Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 18:23:45 -0500 >From: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> >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. You need to "escape" the /: :%s/<\/TT><\/B><\/FONT>/<<\/COMMAND>>/g >Well, I don't know how to type a "/" without interfering with vi's /. It is common (in UNIX) to use \ as an "escape" mechanism. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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