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  4. From: jrpg8255@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeremy Payne )
  5. Subject: Re: embarrassing question about vi
  6. References: <26JAN199311442031@pvhep.pvamu.edu>
  7. Message-ID: <C1H3Bz.EEE@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner)
  9. Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
  10. Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:59:58 GMT
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  13. devine@pvhep.pvamu.edu (WILLIAM CHARLES DEVINE, II) writes:
  14.  
  15. >Hi!
  16.  
  17. >   How can i have vi or sed go thorugh a file and replace every
  18. >semicolon with a exclamation point?
  19. >I can't seem to get it to work.
  20.  
  21.  
  22. Try:
  23.  
  24. :%s/;/?/g
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  29. Jeremy Payne
  30. UIUC Neuroscience program /
  31. College of Medicine
  32. jrpayne@uiuc.edu
  33. (217)244-4478
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