ex is a line editor which serves as the foundation of vi. ex commands work on the current line or on a range of lines in a file. ex is invoked using the colon syntax within vi, and can be invoked on its own from the shell.
Questions tagged [ex]
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Copying pattern from set of lines with Vim's Ex mode
I am tidying up my vimrc.
Mission: - Copy content inside single-quotes (and preferably after the slash)
- Paste them below line 1
1: Name:
2:
3: Bundle 'tpope/vim-rails'
4: Bundle 'tpope/vim-endwise'
5: Bundle 'mileszs/ack.vim'
6: Bundle…
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Execute multiple ex commands in bash shell script
I want to execute 2 ex commands using a shell script. For example: on a file called test
Print lines containing .jsp.
:/.jsp/ p
Add * to the beginning of those lines.
:s/^/\*/
How can I make a shell script that executes them both? I've tried a…
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vim: how to create custom command to indent and then go to next line
Okay so I want to create a custom command (and place it in my .vimrc file using the :command command, if possible) which basically indents the line which the cursor is on and then moves to the next line. Any idea on how to do this?
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How to send the selected visual block in ex command line?
I want to send a visual block as a stand-in for a command, such as
:!echo < something from the visual block
How could I do this in vim?
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Regular expression for IP Address
I need to be able to search through a log and grab IP addresses that were logged. An example log line would look like:
[2012-06-05 11:59:52] NOTICE[14369] chan_sip.c: Registration from '' failed for 'yy.yy.yy.yyy' - No matching peer found
I need…
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Excel VBA: Cannot perform auto search on website
Recently I am learning to use excel macro to search on a website. I've read several forum threads and I came up with the code below. However, error appears when I reach the row
SearchBox(0).Value = SearchString
I tried to remove the (0) but another…
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How to replace quotes inside a quoted field of a CSV file using a one-liner bash command?
I have a file like this:
col1×col2×col3
12×"Some field with "quotes" inside it"×"Some field without quotes inside"
And I would like to replace the interior double quotes with single quotes so the result will look like this:
col1×col2×col3
12×"Some…
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Running .exe directly & through Shell VBA returning different results
When I click directly in the .exe file "PrintUsers.exe", the output is correct.
But when I do that through VBA using Shell the result is different. It tries to find the text file in another directory. Why? See figure:
SOLUTION: I am now using:…
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Excel 2013 - "too many arguments" message to IFAND formula
I am creating a decision tool where yes/no responses will trigger a follow up question or decision. I created a formula with 13 arguments where each IF has two AND conditions (if no - it is true, if yes - It is false).
I am no expert and tried to…
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vi moving lines and words
I am taking a UNIX class, and unfortunately my teacher is not the greatest..So I am in need of your help!
I have a file named file1 with the text:
Roger Mancuso
Xavier Allen
Paul Bibbens
What our teacher wants us to do is with a single command…
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