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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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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

ddi_get_eventcookie

ddi_get_eventcookie(9F) 				   Kernel Functions for Drivers 				   ddi_get_eventcookie(9F)

NAME

       ddi_get_eventcookie - retrieve a NDI event service cookie handle

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/dditypes.h>
       #include <sys/sunddi.h>

       int ddi_get_eventcookie(dev_info_t *dip, char *name, ddi_eventcookie_t *event_cookiep);

INTERFACE LEVEL

       Solaris DDI specific (Solaris DDI).

PARAMETERS

       dev_info_t *dip

	   Child device node requesting the cookie.

       char *name

	   NULL-terminated string containing the name of the event.

       ddi_eventcookie_t *event_cookiep

	   Pointer to cookie where event cookie will be returned.

DESCRIPTION

       The  ddi_get_eventcookie()  function  queries  the  device  tree for a cookie matching the given event name and returns a reference to that
       cookie. The search is performed by a calling up the device tree hierarchy until the request is satisfied by a bus nexus driver, or the  top
       of the dev_info tree is reached.

       The cookie returned by this function can be used to register a callback handler, unregister a callback handler, or post an event.

RETURN VALUES

       DDI_SUCCESS

	   Cookie handle is returned.

       DDI_FAILURE

	   Request was not serviceable by any nexus driver in the driver's ancestral device tree hierarchy.

CONTEXT

       The ddi_get_eventcookie() function can be called from user and kernel contexts only.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Stability Level 	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5), ddi_add_event_handler(9F), ddi_remove_event_handler(9F)

       Writing Device Drivers

SunOS 5.10							    6 Nov 2003						   ddi_get_eventcookie(9F)
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