[oclug] VI search and replace problem

[Bart Trojanowski]

* Brenda J. Butler <bjb at istop.com> [030712 01:17]:
> Or you can do it with tr instead of vi:
> 
> cat textfile | tr -s ' ' > textfile.squeezed
> 
> "Squeeze" multiple occurences of space to a single occurence
> with the translate (tr(1)) utility.

Or better yet, use tr in vim:

1) select some text using 'V' command,
2) type in :!tr -s ' ' and push enter.
   # Note the vi command line will read
   # :'<,'>!tr -s ' '
   # where '<,'> denotes the selected block

The block of text you selected will be parsed through tr -s ' ' and the
original block will be replaced with the output of your command.

B.

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