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Old 09-26-2008
i need 100th occurance of a letter in file
Hi to all,

I am looking a file in vi editor to get 100th occurance of a latter in that file.

Can any one help me in this?

Thanks

Sathish
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Old 09-29-2008
this is what i can think of:
1. search for that letter by hitting /L (if L is what you want to search)
2. go to line 1 by pressing :1
3. go to the 100th occurrence of the last search by typing 100n

edit: 100n means - repeat the n command 100 times
 
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