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Old 02-22-2012
problem removing a word from a file in vi
lets say i have a file named ex1 which contain an essay.
(a) delete the word "benefit" from the file
(b) delete the last 6 characters on each line

for the first problem i entered :g/benefit/d but it deletes the whole line

please help
# 2  
Old 02-22-2012
Hope this is not homework; there are rules for that!

Code:
:1,$s/\<benefit\>//g
:1,$s/.\{6\}$//

# 3  
Old 02-22-2012
Thank you DGPickett
# 4  
Old 02-22-2012
I usually do surgery with sed from one file to another, so mistakes are not an issue. Interactive vi's : is ex, a line editor, and sed is streaming ex, sorta, with much less overhead.
Code:
   
sed '
    s/\<benefit\>//g
    s/.\{6\}$//
 ' file_in >file_out

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