Question about vi and replacing text

[Frederic Sevestre]

Hi,
In a file, I need to replace a lot of couples of lines like :

option status =
enable

by only one line like :

option status = enable

Is it possible using the substitute ? What is the easyest way to proceed ?
Thanks

[Marco Paganini · Accepted solution]

Hello,

If you're sure that all lines come like:

option status =
something

You can use in vi:

:g/^option status =.*$/j

That ought to do the trick for you.

Regards,
Paga

[Justo Exposito]

Hi Frederic,

you can do it with sed command, try this in the prompt:
"sed -e '/^enable/d' -e 's/option status =/option status = enable/' filename > filenamenew"

hope this help

Justo.

[Frederic Sevestre]

Thanks, it work fine with Marco's sugest.

[Deepak Extross]

An easy way, without even opening the file in vi:
cat | paste - - >