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From: was@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: A vi question
Message-ID: <14420003@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Aug 90 17:18:23 GMT
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patkar@amide.ecn.purdue.edu (The Silent Dodo)

> I need to do the following in vi.
> ccccoooossss -> cos

:%s/cc*/c/g
:%s/oo*/o/g
:%s/ss*/s/g