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Re: vi editor help resource?
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Keven Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Keven Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Feb 2005 22:40:51 -0700
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(sed is my friend, sed is my friend, sed....)

try
:%s/^\(.\{29\}\)./\1"/
:%s/^/longstringplus"/



Tracy Pierce wrote:
> Here's what I want to do, described using Qedit commands:
>
> c30/30\"\@;c1\longstringplus"\@
>
> (which changes column 30 to a " in every line of the file, and inserts
> longstringplus" at column 1 in every line of the file).
>

commentary
%s    = substitute (%= all lines)
^     = start of line
\( \) = grouping; each is numbered from 1
.     = any character
\{n\} = exact count of n times
\1    = substitute in group 1


Keven Miller
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