How to replace a certain line on vi, ex: line 1 up to line 100 i want to replace only line 50 to 100 how will i do that in vi? i did do, :%s:50,100/Jan 2/Jan 1/g it does not work :( pls help.. louie miranda (axis0.ath.cx) ------------------------------------------ Security Is A Series Of Well-Defined Steps chmod -R 0 / ; and smile :)