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In article <740@bnlux0.bnl.gov>, como@bnl-max (Andrew T. Como) writes:
# 
# I have a question about vi.
# 
# Here are five lines:
# 	The cow jumped over the moon
# 	The cow jumped over the moon
# 	The cow jumped over the moon
# 	The cow jumped over the moon
# 	The cow jumped over the moon
# 
# 	How can I substitute /cow/dog only on lines 1 and 5
# 
# I guess what I'm asking is if I
# search for cow -  /cow/
# now substitute - s/cow/dog/
# skip the next 3 lines  n  n  n
# ...how can I re-issue the same substitution when I come to line 5
#

If you use :s/cow/dog in the first place, go to the next line wanting
changing and type :~

If you change the first one using cwdog<esc> or cedog<esc>, go to the next
line wanting changing and type . (that's right, just a period).

A third way is to type :g/cow/s//dog/c (c for confirm).  Vi will type the line,
with ^^^^ under it.  Type a y<return> to change it, type <return> or n<return>
to not change it.  Similarly, you could have typed :1,5s/cow/dog/c, or some
other flavor of the same.

There are probably at least 100 other ways of doing it. :-)

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