quick vi problem :| (search and replace) - GoFuckYourself.com

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 02:51 PM

im trying to search and remove all instances of "../"

im using %s@../@@gc but its not doing it.. anyone use this program? its fucking voodoo to me

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 02:55 PM

http://kb.iu.edu/data/acoj.html

or

http://www.google.com/

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuqALot

http://kb.iu.edu/data/acoj.html

this does not help my problem, but thanks for trying! believed me i used a search engine for 30 minutes and read pages of vi manuals with no success

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 02:57 PM

Ok hehe.. you can always open it in pico too, it's an easier editor. vi is kinda outdated

try: pico file.txt

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 02:58 PM

Wait, you want to do ../ right, maybe you should add a backslash in front of the slash, or maybe you should try [../]

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuqALot

Ok hehe.. you can always open it in pico too, it's an easier editor. vi is kinda outdated

try: pico file.txt

thanks again heh, but the version of pico installed does not do replace for some reason :| and the box doesnt have the right glib library for the newer version and im not messing about with installing stuff i dont know about on a live server :S

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 03:05 PM

See, in perl i would have either used the backslash idea or the [../] idea. If they don't do anything, then try: s^../^^g

if that doesnt do anything then you should get the file to notepad and do it there, but that might leave windows newlines you don't want hehe.

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 03:06 PM

trying what you suggested now

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuqALot

See, in perl i would have either used the backslash idea or the [../] idea. If they don't do anything, then try: s^../^^g

if that doesnt do anything then you should get the file to notepad and do it there, but that might leave windows newlines you don't want hehe.

swapping out the delimiter is what i tried, and for some reason it finds every occurance of / and not the ../ before it.

damn voooddooooooooo :S.

!!! i will keep googling

willysbirthday · 10-06-2005, 03:10 PM

:1,$s/\.\.\///g

willysbirthday · 10-06-2005, 03:10 PM

. is wildcard, it must be escaped
/ is special char, it must be escaped

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 03:12 PM

That's probably since a '.' is usually preserved for something too... that's why I suggested [../] instead of ../, which is the way to go with perl hmm.. i have no idea then.

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willysbirthday

:1,$s/\.\.\///g

oh shit - that worked perfectly! thanks! i had no idea a . was also a special character there.. thanks for the help

FuqALot · 10-06-2005, 03:17 PM

yay. hehe well.. close :D.

a1ka1ine · 10-06-2005, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FuqALot

That's probably since a '.' is usually preserved for something too... that's why I suggested [../] instead of ../, which is the way to go with perl hmm.. i have no idea then.

oh well. thanks for helping, and making this the longest thread on gfy about vi - we are setting history!

MrHits · 10-06-2005, 03:18 PM

forget it.. someone already posted it .

doh

10-06-2005, 02:51 PM	#1
a1ka1ine Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,387	quick vi problem :\| (search and replace) im trying to search and remove all instances of "../" im using %s@../@@gc but its not doing it.. anyone use this program? its fucking voodoo to me

10-06-2005, 02:55 PM	#2
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	http://kb.iu.edu/data/acoj.html or http://www.google.com/ Last edited by FuqALot; 10-06-2005 at 02:56 PM..

10-06-2005, 03:10 PM	#10
willysbirthday Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: balmer Posts: 436	:1,$s/\.\.\///g __________________ oOooooooOOo

10-06-2005, 03:10 PM	#11
willysbirthday Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: balmer Posts: 436	. is wildcard, it must be escaped / is special char, it must be escaped __________________ oOooooooOOo

10-06-2005, 03:18 PM	#16
MrHits Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 236	forget it.. someone already posted it . doh __________________

10-06-2005, 02:57 PM	#4
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	Ok hehe.. you can always open it in pico too, it's an easier editor. vi is kinda outdated try: pico file.txt

10-06-2005, 02:58 PM	#5
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	Wait, you want to do ../ right, maybe you should add a backslash in front of the slash, or maybe you should try [../]

10-06-2005, 03:05 PM	#7
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	See, in perl i would have either used the backslash idea or the [../] idea. If they don't do anything, then try: s^../^^g if that doesnt do anything then you should get the file to notepad and do it there, but that might leave windows newlines you don't want hehe.

10-06-2005, 03:06 PM	#8
a1ka1ine Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,387	trying what you suggested now

10-06-2005, 03:12 PM	#12
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	That's probably since a '.' is usually preserved for something too... that's why I suggested [../] instead of ../, which is the way to go with perl hmm.. i have no idea then.

10-06-2005, 03:17 PM	#14
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	yay. hehe well.. close :D.