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Article #952Re: "vi" questions
From: aglew
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1986 12:56
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1986 12:56
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>In the version of "vi" that comes with 4.2 BSD, what commands do I >use to search for the following text? > >1) Two (or more) blank lines, one after the other. > >2) A line longer than "n" characters. I'm afraid that you can't do this directly in vi, without going into a shell. I'm sure that I will be flamed if I'm wrong. But - you can do it in GNU EMACS by quoting the newline. Just one among the many reasons to use EMACS. Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana. USEnet: ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew 1101 E. University, Urbana, IL 61801 ARPAnet: aglew@gswd-vms
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!lll-crg!seismo!gatech!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!aglew From: aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: "vi" questions Message-ID: <90800002@ccvaxa> Date: Tue, 24-Jun-86 08:56:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ccvaxa.90800002 Posted: Tue Jun 24 08:56:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 04:52:27 EDT References: <1273@brl-smoke.ARPA> Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:brl-smoke.ARPA:1273:ccvaxa:90800002:000:570 Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!aglew Jun 24 07:56:00 1986