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delete blank line thro vi editor
Name: wowthatnice Date: January 31, 2003 at 00:50:52 Pacific OS: redhat8 CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
Hello Guru,
How can I search and delete any blank lines within a file by vi editor?
Name: Frank Date: January 31, 2003 at 01:21:48 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
just use
:g/^$/ d
in command modus.
No RISK no fun Frank
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Response Number 2
Name: wowthatnice Date: January 31, 2003 at 01:41:31 Pacific
Reply:
thanks Frank, It work just like cham.
Since here I want to ask, if I have a list of MAC something like this ABCD.EFDH.IJHK and want to substitute to this AB:CD:EF:DH:IJ:HK what command I have to use in vi ?
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Response Number 3
Name: Sushrut Date: February 3, 2003 at 04:20:32 Pacific
Reply:
:%s/\(..\)\(..\)\.\(..\)\(..\)\.\(..\)\(..\)/\1:\2:\3:\4:\5:\6/g Tested in GVIM for windows
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