Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:19:22 -0800 From: Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nvi strangeness Message-ID: <1202480362.92566.1.camel@jill.exit.com> In-Reply-To: <47AC3F3C.7070909@dial.pipex.com> References: <86prv7agit.fsf@ds4.des.no> <47AC3F3C.7070909@dial.pipex.com>
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On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 11:38 +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: >=20 > >That doesn't work, however, and neither does "1,"; only "X,Y" works, so > >if you want to substitute in the entire file, you first have to find out > >how long it is, then manually type in that number. > > > > =20 > > > Does 1,$ not work? That's what I always used in ed. Yes, it works. I use it all the time in nvi, in various forms. --=20 Frank Mayhar frank@exit.com http://www.exit.com/ Exit Consulting http://www.gpsclock.com/ http://www.exit.com/blog/frank/ http://www.zazzle.com/fmayhar*
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