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From: dolf@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Dolf Grunbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: A vi question
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Date: 16 Aug 90 08:43:50 GMT
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In article <14420003@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM> was@hp-lsd.COS.HP.COM (Bill Stubblebine) writes:
>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


Why not: :%s/cc*oo*ss*/cos/g ? I am missing something ?