Re: vi globally append question

[Patrick Albuquerque]

From: Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, July 15, 2004 8:49 am
Subject: vi globally append question

> hi all,
> 
> 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;

This is neatest, I think

:g!/^#/ s/^/#/

Patrick. 


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