On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:05:32AM -0400, David Turetsky wrote: > > i have a file like; > > > > # > > one > > 123 > > > > and i would like to APPEND a # at the beginning of > > each line which is not started with a # . how can i do > > it with vi or ed, so far, i 've tried; > > > > :%s/^[a-z]:[0-9]/#/g > > > > but this would CHANGE the first character of each line > > to a hash, pls help.
:1,$s/^\([^#].*\)/#\1/ should do it in vi. Regards Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
