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Old 06-27-2005
Vi editor ?

Hello everybody,

My question is: how to add /tmp/work at the end of line in vi editor.

my file looks like:

cp file1
cp file2
cp file3
****

I need to add " /tmp/work" at the end of each line.
I tried this
:%s/$/" /tmp/work"

and this
:%s/$/\ /tmp/work\/

but it does not work.

Please help.

Thank you
# 2  
Old 06-27-2005
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Originally Posted by billy5
Hello everybody,

My question is: how to add /tmp/work at the end of line in vi editor.

my file looks like:

cp file1
cp file2
cp file3
****

I need to add " /tmp/work" at the end of each line.
I tried this
:%s/$/" /tmp/work"

and this
:%s/$/\ /tmp/work\/
There are a couple of ways to fix this. First, remember that the / between tmp and work is seen as a separator. So you can use
:%s/$/ \/tmp\/work\//

or you could change the separator like this:

"%s:$: /tmp/work/:

Both of these options will change the file to

cp file1 /tmp/work/
cp file2 /tmp/work/
cp file3 /tmp/work/

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# 3  
Old 06-27-2005
Thank you very much Smilie.
All the best.
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