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From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: "vi" questions
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Date: Tue, 24-Jun-86 08:56:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 24 08:56:00 1986
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew    Jun 24 07:56:00 1986


>In the version of "vi" that comes with 4.2 BSD, what commands do I
>use to search for the following text?
>
>1) Two (or more) blank lines, one after the other.
>
>2) A line longer than "n" characters.

I'm afraid that you can't do this directly in vi, without going into a shell.
I'm sure that I will be flamed if I'm wrong.

But - you can do it in GNU EMACS by quoting the newline. Just one among
the many reasons to use EMACS.

Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana.    USEnet:  ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew
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