Hi guys hope you can help me :>)
I have a question on using VI Editor.
I often want to do search and replacements in a text file, and use VI to do this.
For example,
:1,$s/MindMaps...
I am using VIM 7.1 on WXP to make some alterations to a file that is almost 3MB in size. I did remove all asterisks from the file using a global search and replace (%s/*/ /g), but now I need ...
Hi unix gurus
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Ryan Upton
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