Thank You very much, it worked beautifully! Mike --- Colin Rasor wrote: > Mike, > > Instead of using a global variable like % replace > it with the line > number(s) in question. > :%s/images/pics/g global > :12s/son.gif/daughter.gif/g replaces line 12 all > instances > :1,12s/son/daughter/g Replace all instances of > son.gif with daughter on > lines 1-12 > > > --Colin.ansel.Rasor > > On 8/19/05 2:27 PM, "MCR" > wrote: > > > This is along the line of a couple of posts today, > so > > I thought I would finally ask. When I have a > document > > open in vi, sometimes I would like to do a change > and > > have it apply to only one line, I know how to do > it > > globally, but I can not seem to find out how to do > it > > for just the one line. Example: > > For global: say I have a html document and my > image > > directory is named "images". I decide to change > the > > name of the directory to pictures, I know to do > this > > for the whole document I do: > > :%s/images/pictures/g > > > > Now what I can not figure out is if I have the > same > > document, and on one line I have a file named > son.gif > > four times. I have the same file name through out > the > > document, but just on this one line I need to > change > > all four son.gif to daughter.gif. I do not know > how > > to do this. I have tried: > > :%s/son.gif/daughter.gif > > > > but this did not work. Could someone please offer > > some insight on how to do this. It would save me > a > > lot of typing. Thank You in advance. > > > > Mike > > > > One is led to truth through the interpretation of > a myth. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail > settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > One is led to truth through the interpretation of a myth. ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss