[CentOS] Vim scripting - cursor motion
CS DBA
cs_dba at consistentstate.com
Thu Jun 9 18:03:42 UTC 2011
On 06/09/2011 08:48 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote:
> I am working on my first vim script. The script is supposed to do some
> find/replace on a file, then save the file with a new name and quit vim.
>
> I will save the script in a file and then call it from a bash script
> like this:
>
> vim path-to-the-file -s path-to-my-script
>
> Maybe I have not found the right resources. I can find/replace with
> expressions that are similar to those I use manually, for example:
>
> :% s/\t/","/g
>
> Then I should add something to the beginning of file (line 1, char 1).
> And append something to the end of the file (last line, last char). But
> I cannot find a way to do this. Should I move the cursor (and how?), or
> what?
>
> - Jussi
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You can do this at the command line (or in a script) like this:
sed "s/\t/","/g" [your file] > [new_modified_file]
If needed then you can rename the modified file back over the original
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