AT&T UNIX™PC Unix System V Users Manual - tenox

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file to newtext
:gftextfs/ fnewtextfp
Change first appearance of text in each line in
file to newtext and print each changed line
:g/ text/sf/ newtextf c
List one at a time each line with text and
change as required to newtext using a
y
:(mj,(njgf text/ sf/ newtext
Change first appearance of text in each line in
file to newtext
:(mj,(njgf text/ sf/ newtextf p
Change first appearance of text in lines from
m to n to newtext and print each changed line
:(mj,(njgf text/sf/ newtextf c
List one at a time each line with text from m
to n and change as required to newtext using
ay
MANIPULATING FILES
Copy From Another File
:r file Copy file into buffer after current line
:(njr file< CR> Copy file to buffer after nth line
Copy To Another File
Note: Follow entry with .
:w file
:w! file
:w>>file
:(mj,(njw file
:(mj,(njw ! file
:(mj,(njw > >file
Edit Current File
:w
:w file
"e!
:f
AG
:ta. tag
A]
Edit Other Files
:e file
Write the current file to file
Overwrite existing file with file
Add current file to end of file
Write lines m through n to file
Overwrite existing file with file containing
lines m through n
Add lines m through n to end of file
Write changes to current file
Write file to current unnamed file
Reedit current file, discarding changes since
last write
Show current file and line
Synonym for :f
To tag file entry tag
:ta., following word is tag
From Current File
Edit file when write has occurred in current
file, return to shell after edit, changes not lost
in current file
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