topic Re: vi command in Operating System - HP-UX

vi command

Shivkumar — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:08:33 GMT

Hi,

How to set vi editor using set command in case i want to search some keyword starting from the first line to the last line in the file ?

It should not search starting from the first line again and show the message reach at the end of the line.

I used in the past but forgot now.

Thanks,
Shiv

Re: vi command

Arunvijai_4 — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:54:23 GMT

Hi Shiv,

It is wrapscan of searches. You can do it by,

:set ws

If you need any further commands, have a look this link

http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~bhoward/vi/vi60.html

-Arun

Re: vi command

RAC_1 — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:56:52 GMT

In vi, you just need to do
/search_pattern -> forward search
?search_pattern ->Backward search

Check all your set options, with set all

Re: vi command

Asif Sharif — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:49:06 GMT

Command <=> Search and Replace Action

/text Search for text going forward into the file.

?text Search for text going backward into the file.

n Repeat the search in the same direction as the original search.

N
Repeat the search in the opposite direction as the original search.

ftext
Search for text going forward in the current line.

Ftext
Search for text going backward in the current line.

ttext
Search for text going forward in the current line and stop at the character before text.

Ttext
Search for text going backward in the current line to character after text.

:set ic
Ignore case when searching.

:set noic
Make searching case-sensitive.

:s/oldtext/newtext/
Substitute newtext for oldtext.

:m,ns/oldtext/newtext/
Substitute newtext for oldtext in lines m through n.

&
Repeat the last :s command.

:g/text1/s/text2/text3
Find line containing text1, replace text2 with text3.

:g/text/command
Run command on all lines that contain text.

:v/text/command
Run command on all lines that do not contain text.

Regards,
Asif Sharif