This is equivalent to perl regex: /if.*?if end/s
\_. Matches any single character or end-of-line.
\{-} matches 0 or more of the preceding atom, as few as possible
Before I learned how wonderfull VI and Unix was. I used a little crappy DOS editor. I wouldn't go back to it for anything. However I work with a lot of formatted files that use the column position. I wonder if any here knows of a way to make VI display the cursors coulmn position or if there is a... (2 Replies)
I trying to setup a netranger security box. I don't know unix and went to view a filein the text editor.
What is command to exit text editor.
I tried esc q and ctrl q. HELP!!! STUCK IN TEXT EDITOR :) (2 Replies)
I was wondering if there is any way to get a version of pico for windows. I have done a lot of programming work on Linux/UNIX exvironments for school, and I enjoy using pico for my programming needs, but I find all of the text editors in windows horrible, they distort my code and do not adhere to... (5 Replies)
I currently use konsole fo rmy terminal use.
when i go into vi and type the letter t the stupied thing highlights the letter brown and it messes my thing up. Whereever i type the letter t it highlights in brown. Is there some way to change it. I dont know how this problem start. RH 8 (3 Replies)
Hi,
I knw its a silly question, but am a newbie to 'vi' editor. I'm forced to use this, hence kindly help me with this question.
How can i paste a chunk 'copied from' a different editor(gedit) in 'vi editor'?
As i see, p & P options does work only within 'vi'. (10 Replies)
Hi,
I want to create a text editor in C on Unix. Can any1 jus tell me how to start with n wat all I have to look into if I have to write an editor..
Thanks (2 Replies)
I am looking to start to code some shell scripts, php, and probably some other web stuff. Free is preferred. I was looking at rocketedit but I would rather just use free open source if possible. On my Mac I love to use TextWrangler, so is there a Windows equivalent?
For Vista/Win7 64bit
... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am writing an SH script where I need to open text editor from within the script and wait until the user closed or quit text editor. And then execute consecutive commands.
Here is a very simplified example:
gedit data.txt
# ---- wait until Text editor is exited
echo "Text Editor is... (1 Reply)
Hi,
sorry if something similar has already asked.
But I am interested how to change default text editor on Unix Solaris?
When I open File Manager -> Edit -> Properties.. -> Category (Advanced Settings) -> Default Editor (Other)
I have something like:
shelltool sh -c "sleep 3; vi $FILE"... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: spuzh
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
ex
ex(1) General Commands Manual ex(1)Name
ex, edit - text editor
Syntax
ex [ - ] [ -v ] [ -x ] [ -t tag ] [ -r ] [ +command ] [ -l ] name...
edit [ ex options ]
Description
The editor is the root of a family of editors: and The editor is a superset of with the most notable extension being a display-editing
facility. Display-based editing is the focus of
The name argument indicates the files to be edited.
Options
- Suppresses all interactive-user feedback. This option is useful in processing editor scripts in command files.
-v Equivalent to using rather than
-t Equivalent to an initial tag command, that is, editing the file containing the tag and positioning the editor at its definition.
-r Used to recover after an editor or system crash. It recovers by retrieving the last saved version of the named file. If no file is
specified, it displays a list of saved files.
-R Sets the read-only option at the start.
+command
Indicates that the editor should begin by executing the specified command. If the command is omitted, it defaults to $, positioning
the editor at the last line of the first file, initially. Other useful commands here are scanning patterns of the form +/pattern or
line numbers.
-l Sets up for LISP. That is, it sets the showmatch and lisp options. The -x option is available only if the Encryption layered product
is installed.
-x Causes to prompt for a key. The key is used to encrypt and decrypt the contents of the file. If the file contents have been encrypted
with one key, you must use the same key to decrypt them.
Restrictions
The command causes all marks to be lost on lines changed and then restored if the marked lines were changed.
The command does not clear the buffer modified condition.
The z command prints a number of logical rather than physical lines. More than a screenful of output may result if long lines are present.
File input/output errors do not print a name if the command line minus sign (-) option is used.
There is no easy way to do a single scan ignoring case.
The editor does not warn you if you place text in named buffers and do not use it before exiting the editor.
Null characters are discarded from input files, and cannot appear in output files.
Files
/usr/lib/ex?.?recover recover command
/usr/lib/ex?.?preserve preserve command
/etc/termcap terminal capabilities
~/.exrc editor startup file
/tmp/Exnnnnn editor temporary
/tmp/Rxnnnnn named buffer temporary
/usr/preserve preservation directory
See Alsoawk(1), ed(1), grep(1), sed(1), vi(1), termcap(5), environ(7)
"Edit: A Tutorial" and the "Ex Reference Manual" in the
Supplementary Documents, Volume 1: General User
ex(1)