This has been THE most informative thread I have EVER seen on this mailing list.
William Page > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Harley J Pig > Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 4:37 PM > To: BYU Unix Users Group > Subject: Re: [uug] :%s/// > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 08:24:44PM +0000, Daniel Crookston wrote: > > When :%s///ing in vi... do <'s or >'s need to be \ed, and how do you > (*.)? > > \<,\> is the beginning and end of word, respectively. So, no, you don't > need to escape angle brackets. > > To do (*.) you would need to do \(\*\.\) but I suspect you really wanted > to do (.*), which would be \(.\*\) > > Alan > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 7/5/2004 > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 7/5/2004 ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
