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Article #3367tilde in vi regular expression
From: Paul Vojta
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1988 05:40
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1988 05:40
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What does the tilde do in a vi regular expression? For example, if my file contains the lines xy x~y and I do /x~y, then it finds the first line and not the second. This is in vi version 3.7 on a 4.3bsd Sun; it does it on a vax, too.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!texbell!killer!ames!pasteur!agate!math.berkeley.edu!vojta From: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) Newsgroups: comp.editors Subject: tilde in vi regular expression Message-ID: <17243@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 19 Nov 88 05:40:51 GMT Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: vojta@math.berkeley.edu (Paul Vojta) Organization: Math Dept., UC Berkeley Lines: 6