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Old 03-08-2010
sed replacing in vi, / characters in the middle
I tried to replace the following in vi:

old: 'e/thesis/pp/zones/zones'
new: 'd/so162/fix/pp'

For that, I used:
Code:
:%s/e/thesis/pp/zones/zones/d/so162/fix/pp/g

but doesn't work, a trailing character error message appeared. How can I get it?

Thanks in advance
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 03-09-2010 at 05:59 PM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 03-08-2010
Code:
%s;e/thesis/pp/zones/zones;d/so162/fix/pp;g

# 3  
Old 03-08-2010
I think you might have a little syntax problem. As you know the syntax for search and replace is

Code:
:%s/pattern/replace/g

but in your replace-statement are many frontslash. I would try with escape the frontslash by adding a backslash in front of it. Such as:

Code:
:s%/e\/thesis\/pp\/zones\/zones/d\/so162\/fix\/pp\/g

I couldn't try it because unfortunately my system is down right now =)
# 4  
Old 03-08-2010
Thanks for the answers, the former works like a charm:
Code:
%s;e/thesis/pp/zones/zones;d/so162/fix/pp;g

Thanks.
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 03-09-2010 at 05:59 PM.. Reason: added code tags
 
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