vi editor

[Francesco_13]

Hi,
i try to substitute disk01 with disk02 for all occurence in my file
command :% s/disk01/disk02/g

It's this command ok?

the vi return me:

unknow command character ' '

Thank!!

[Steve Steel · Accepted solution]

Hi

Try

:1,$ s/disk01/disk02/g


Steve Steel

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

There are several possibles. mine is:

:g/disk01/s//disk02/g

the g stands for global so multiple times on all lines.

HTH,

Gideon

[Thierry Poels_1]

hi,

the command is OK, but DON'T leave a blank between the "%" and the "s".

good luck,
Thierry.

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

: s/disk01/disk02/gc

sks

[MarkSyder]

I think you've confused vi with sed.

I'm no sed expert, so I'm not sure of the syntax. I think this would be a long-winded change using vi. Have a look at the sed man page for the appropriate syntax.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Steve Steel]

Hi


http://chris.tobkin.com/~tobkin/vi/


Is good


Steve Steel

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Mark,

sed sollution:

cat file | sed 's/disk01/disk02/g'>>file2
mv file2 file

Regards,

Gideon

[Sanjay Kumar Suri]

Mistake in this

: s/disk01/disk02/gc

Instead use

:1,$ s/disk01/disk02/gc

sks

[MarkSyder]

Thanks Gideon.

Sorry, I can't give you any points - it's not my thread!

Mark