Questions tagged [ex]
For questions pertaining the ex utility, a line-oriented text editor first developed by Bill Joy in 1976. The ex editor was later extended with a "visual mode", which turned into the vi screen editor. Use this tag for questions about ex itself, using ex, or questions about issues arising from the usage of utility itself.
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Fast question about -S option of ex
On Solaris 10 ex -h ex: illegal option -- h Usage: ex [- | -s] [-l] [-L] [-wn] [-R] [-S] [-r [file]] [-t tag] [-v] [-V] [-x] [-C] [+cmd | -c cmd] file... I see a "-S" option what does it ...
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How is ex implemented in vim?
Now I am reading a book on sed and awk and to learn the history needed to use ed and ex commands. I thought for a vim user on Arch Linux, there is no need to install other packages but I found that ex ...
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What are the main differences between the ed and the ex editor? [closed]
The ex editor is often touted as an enhancement and simplification of ed. I would like to know what specific enhancements and simplifications it offers. GNU ed, for example, offers extended regular ...
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How to use vim command-mode indention in ex colon-mode?
I am trying to script some file changes using ex per this answer. The issue that I'm running into is that ex seems to assume that every command is preceded by a colon, so while I can do something ...
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Place Single Dot With Vim/Ex
I'm messing around with vim one liners, and I'm unable to escape a . character in a vim ex mode append command. Basically, vim -En '+a|Hello World' '+p' '+q!' - prints "Hello World" But, vim -...
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How can I use sed or ex to replace a block (multi-line code) with new block of text (code)?
I have to replace a large block of a text (shell script code) in a file with another block of text. I am impressed with the How can I use sed to replace a multi-line string? answered by antak and ...
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Is replacing a particular line in a file through a bash script possible in VIM or EX?
I would like to modify a particular line, say line 5, in a file by using the EOEX construct how can I achieve my aim? The code snippet that I use to achieve my purpose is as follows: #!/bin/bash S=0....
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