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Vim :s replace first N < g occurrences on a line
In vim, I sometimes have occasion to replace the first few occurrences of a match on a line, but not every one like g would. e.g.:
a a a a a
to
b b b a a
I know I could use ...
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Replace text between brackets
I'm using awk '{ gsub(/BAR|WIBBLE/, "FOO"); print }' to replace text in data like:
SOMETHING [BAR, WIBBLE]
SOMETHING [BAR]
This gives the desired result of:
SOMETHING [FOO, FOO]
SOMETHING [FOO]
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How can I “cat” a file and remove commented lines?
I'd like to know if there is a way that I could cat file like php.ini and remove all lines starting with ;
For example, if the file contained this:
; - Show all errors, except for notices
;
...
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How to replace a list of placeholders in a text file?
I have a text (configuration) file, but the program that reads the file unfortunately doesn't allow using any kind of variables. So I'd like to use a preprocessor that replaces a set of placeholders ...
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How to join vCards lines
vCard uses a special way to split long lines: At 75 characters, insert a DOS newline and a space. Joining therefore means to replace all occurrences of the sequence "CR, LF, space" with an empty ...
