[olug] Unix Tip: APPENDING TEXT AT BOTH ENDS

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			Unix Tip 2037 - July 30, 2003

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APPENDING TEXT AT BOTH ENDS

If you need to append some 
text to both the ends of a 
string in vi, use the 
following command in vi:

:/^\(.*\)/s//starttextcomeshere \1 endtextcomeshere/

If "iamworthless" is the text 
at the position of the cursor 
in the vi editor, the output 
of the command:

:/^\(.*\)/s//DONTFEEL \1 ANYTIME/


DONTFEEL iamworthless ANYTIME

As you guessed, "DONTFEEL " and 
" ANYTIME" are the strings you
would like to crush 
"iamworthless" with. The "\1" is 
the variable that stores the 
entire pattern searched by   
the "/\(.*\)/"



This tip generously supported by: hg_krishnan at yahoo.com



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