Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:48:18 GMT From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>, Richard Schuder <rschuder@coolwave.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Replacing text with forward slash in vi Message-ID: <E148ifK-0003b0-00@post.mail.nl.demon.net>
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You don;t need all these backslashes.. you can use various characters as the string delimiters .. better solution unless you like going cross-eyed ! Cliff > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:36:52AM -0800, Richard Schuder wrote: > > Here's a tough one! > > > > I want to replace the two dots ``..'' with a URL address like > > ``http://website.address.com'' in the following text: > > > > "../path/to/website/index.html" > > > > The vi command would be... > > > > :s/\../http://website.address.com > > > > but, the two forward slashes following "http:" confuse vi's replace command. > > Just escape them like you did with the dots: > > :s/\.\./http:\/\/website.address.com > > Edwin > > -- > Edwin Groothuis | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: > mavetju@chello.nl | http://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org/ > ------------------+ telnet://fataldimensions.nl.eu.org:4000 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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