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From: lssabel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Laura Sabel)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: Query-replace on VI
Message-ID: <2776@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 4 May 88 17:21:46 GMT
References: <2587@geac.UUCP> <27909@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <86@skep2.ATT.COM> <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk>
Reply-To: lssabel@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Laura Sabel)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
Lines: 15
Summary: Yes, it works

In article <393@aiva.ed.ac.uk> ken@uk.ac.ed.aiva (Ken Johnson,E32 SB x212E) writes:
<>>  Does anyone know if VI has the query-replace function?  
<
<>2)	:g/foo/s//BAR/gc		### works in ex-mode
<
<Works, but it is not a query-replace; it is a global replace.
<As far as I can see there is no way to do a query-replace in `vi',
<but if that is so it's a serious omission.

Yes, this works; it's a global query-replace.
The 'c' at the end makes vi ask you before each replace.


-Laura
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