[ILUG] search and replace problem

[Peter McEvoy]

Try

%s/line1/line2^Mline3/g

where ^M is ctrl-V followed by hitting the enter key (which will generate
ctrl-M)

Peter McEvoy
Senior Technical Analyst
Iona Technologies PLC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-admin at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-admin at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
> Michael McCabe
> Sent: 29 June 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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