Comments on: Open vim editor to first occurrence of search term http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:22:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admica http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-51264 admica Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:16:17 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-51264 @Darryl: you don't need VI in your scripts, just use sed or awk. @Darryl: you don’t need VI in your scripts, just use sed or awk.

]]> By: Darryl http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-38283 Darryl Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-38283 This is an awesome tip, too bad you can't make changes to a vi file using this method in a shell script then have it write those changes to the file, at least I can't figure out how to, can make the changes, but file is open in vi and I have to do a :wq manually This is an awesome tip, too bad you can’t make changes to a vi file using this method in a shell script then have it write those changes to the file, at least I can’t figure out how to, can make the changes, but file is open in vi and I have to do a :wq manually

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-25903 Anonymous Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:56:00 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-25903 it just makes we wonder where these undocumented commands come from!! but its a nice one thanks makes sence really vi +/. Then I would expect vi +:g//s///g To work and it does !!! thanks for the post and the previous comment that has opened a whole new range of possibilites: ~ Merry Christmas and Seasonal Greetings ~~ it just makes we wonder where these undocumented commands come from!! but its a nice one thanks makes sence really vi +/. Then I would expect

vi +:g//s///g

To work and it does !!! thanks for the post and the previous comment that has opened a whole new range of possibilites:

~ Merry Christmas and Seasonal Greetings ~~

]]> By: Ryan Jordan http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-24637 Ryan Jordan Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-24637 I have Version 1.79 (10/23/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley. running on a SunOS cidermill 5.9 Generic_118558-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100 and it works the same. I was able to search and search/replace. Can't figure how to execute more than one command from the shell. Anyone know how to execute multiple commands at a time in VI? I have
Version 1.79 (10/23/96) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley.
running on a
SunOS cidermill 5.9 Generic_118558-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-100
and it works the same.

I was able to search and search/replace.

Can’t figure how to execute more than one command from the shell.
Anyone know how to execute multiple commands at a time in VI?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-24350 Anonymous Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-24350 Works fine on vi packaged w/Solaris 10 Works fine on vi packaged w/Solaris 10

]]> By: oz http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3162/open-vim-editor-to-first-occurrence-of-search-term/comment-page-1/#comment-23997 oz Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.tech-recipes.com/?p=3162#comment-23997 works beautifully!! :) Thank you!!!! (vi on SCO unix ) works beautifully!! :) Thank you!!!!
(vi on SCO unix )

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