[PLUG] Need a vi command...

[Chaz]

:%s/\.$//
You don't need the trailing 'g'.
The 'g' means 'match every occurance on each line'.
There is only one occurance of something being at the end of the line
($).
-chaz


---- Original Message ----
From: dpool at hevanet.com
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need a vi command...
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:19:34 -0700

>Chaz wrote:
> > :1,$s/\.$//
> > That will delete a literal period at the end of every line.
> > -chaz
>
>That's 11 key strokes.
>
>Siobhan Elliott wrote:
>
> > :%s/\.$//g
>
>That's 10 keystrokes.
>
>Can anyone best that?
>
>david
>
>
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Charles L. Sliger
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