[ILUG] search and replace problem

[Guest, Ken]

In vi (or vim anyways) you need to use ctrl-v + enter to indicate a new line
in the replacement string.
eg
:line1/line1<ctrl-v><enter>line1.5/

Ken

#-----Original Message-----
#From: Michael McCabe [mailto:mick at clubi.ie]
#Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:41
#To: ilug
#Subject: [ILUG] search and replace problem
#
#
#I don't want to start a vi vs. emacs debate.  Using vi is it 
#possible to
#search for one line and replace it with two lines.
#
#e.g
#
#replace
#
#text of line 1
#
#with
#
#text of line1
#text of line2
#
#I have tried various incarnations of :%s/text of line 1/text of line
#1\ntext of line 2/g
#
#but to no avail.
#
#Cheers,
#M.
#
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