A vi question

[Karl F. Larsen]

stan wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 03:20:06PM -0400, Brian McKee wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:35 PM, stan<stanb at panix.com> wrote:
>>> vi is a continuing learning experinece :-)
>> Until the day I die I expect :-)
>>
>>> :.,$s/^*OTE/OTE/
>>> But * is not the appropriate wildcard here in vi.
>> As Rashkae pointed out - .*  not just *
>>
>> But your data had TWO 'OTE' strings in it.
>> Do you need the first one or the last one?  As shown it's the last one
>> you'll get.
>> If you want only up to the first one (non-greedy) try
>> :.,$s/^.\{-}OTE/OTE/
>>
> OH cool tht helps, thanks.
> 
> What does the \{-} syntax mean?
> 
> 
	I have an alfa version of 9.10 installed on my laptop. The reason is to 
check if the bug I and others found on 9.04 is still present.

	But I discovered that vi in a terminal brings up vim with some good 
help on the screen. Alas I'm a joe user, and pleased to see that 9.10 
has joe to install.


73 Karl


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