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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers vi Search for text, Replace with <CR> or control character. Post 302318010 by omega949 on Wednesday 20th of May 2009 01:44:43 PM
Old 05-20-2009
vi Search for text, Replace with <CR> or control character.
Greetings,

Using vi, how can I change the following text:
-I/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/platforms/97400/include -I/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/modules/i2c/7400/include -I/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/modules/surface/7400/include

Into this:
/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/platforms/97400/include
/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/modules/i2c/7400/include
/myviews/nexus_7400rel/vobs/nexus/modules/surface/7400/include

The first text is a contiguous string with spaces and "-I" separating the lines of include paths (yes, this is from a "C" makefile output).

I want to search for all the occurances of " -I", and replace with a carriage return (or linefeed) using vi. This is for vi on a Linux system.

The search portion is easy: :g/ -I/s// (what goes here?)/g

It's the "what goes here?" part that I need help with.

Any answers or alternative solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Omega949
 

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tms

tms(4)							     Kernel Interfaces Manual							    tms(4)

Name
       tms - TMSCP magnetic tape interface

Syntax
       For UNIBUS, Q-bus:
	  controller klesiu0 at uba0
	  controller uq0 at klesiu0 csr 0174500 vector uqintr
	  tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0

       For MSI Bus:
	  adapter msi0 at nexus?
	  controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
	  tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 3

       For VAXBI:
	  controller klesib0 at vaxbi0 node 0
	  controller uq0 at klesib0 vector uqintr
	  tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0

	  controller aie0 at vaxbi? node?
	  controller bvpssp0 at aie0 vector bvpsspintr
	  tape tms0 at bvpssp0 drive 0

       For MSI Bus:
	  adapter msi0 at nexus?
	  controller dssc0 at msi0 msinode 0
	  tape tms0 at dssc0 drive 0

       For VAX CI/HSC:
	  adapter ci0 at nexus?
	  adapter ci0 at vaxbi? node?
	  controller hsc0 at ci0 cinode 6
	  tape tms0 at hsc0 drive 3

Description
       Prior to Version 2.0, this device was referenced by tmscp(4).

       The  TMSCP  driver  provides  a standard tape drive interface, as described in This is a driver for any controller that adheres to the Tape
       Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP).  The TMSCP controllers communicate with the host through a packet-oriented protocol termed the  Tape
       Mass  Storage  Control Protocol.  This driver also supports n-buffered reads and writes to the raw tape interface (used with streaming tape
       drives).  See for further details.

Tape Support
       TK50, TK70, TF70, TU81, TU81e, TA78, TA79, TA81, RV20, TA90, TA90E, TA91

Diagnostics
       All diagnostic messages are sent to the error logger subsystem.

Files
See Also
       mtio(4), nbuf(4), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8), tapex(8)
       Guide to the Error Logger

																	    tms(4)
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