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From: ken@hertz.njit.edu (ken ng cccc)
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Subject: Re: Xedit is better than vi and emacs
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Date: 22 Apr 91 15:04:04 GMT
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In article <mstgil.672097504@sol> mstgil@sol.acs.unt.edu writes:
:ken@hertz.njit.edu (ken ng cccc) writes:
:>EXCELLENT!  Thank you!  Now can you tell me how to get a retrive and
:>command edit for ':!' and '!!'?  Please?
:[edit putting the command in text, and then executing it]

Only usable if it can be done without setting the 'file modified' flag.

:> >all/ugga/&/booga/ = grep 'ugga.*booga' or /ugga.*booga
:> >because .* matches anything except a newline
:>Not quite the same, I want all occurances of 'ugga.*booga' and 'booga.*ugga'.
:>AND I want to be able to selectively open up the text around the lines
:>as well.  Yes I can do 2 greps and merge them together, but I then I
:>loose the line order they occurred on.
:Got me there.  I misunderstood your example.  :)

I've been told that I can use egrep to do do the deed, unfortunately there
doesn't seem to be a way to selectively open up the surrounding text.

Kenneth Ng
"No problem, this is how you make it" -- R. Barclay, ST: TNG