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Re: Is it exist a mailing-list for console only users ?



Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>:
>  On Fri November 23 2007, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > When was the last time we had a questio from someone wondering how do do
> > something in ed?
> 
>  maybe BUT... when you use VI, you can still do the ":" commands that are ed 
>  based..
>  I use them all the time, I just got so used to them, I never  ask questions 
>  about them..
> :1,$s/whatever/whichever/g
> 
>  which means, on every line change whatever to whichever and do it for every 
>  occurrence on every line.

Shorter:

   :%s/foo/bar/g                # I think; untested.  Been a while.

>  I still use ed commands.. not daily, but.

I never learned ed, except in vi.


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