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RE: vi globally append question





David Turetsky wrote:

>>:%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g

> Try something like:

>   %g!/^#/s/^/#/

> Steve Lamb replied:

>    Personally I'd do it this way:
>    %s/\(.*\)/#\1/g

David responded:

  Steve's approach would put a # in the front of ALL
  lines whether or not they initially contain an existing
  # to begin with

  If that is what you wanted to do, you could:

    %s/^/#/
 



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