search/replace URL 1

[ksbrace]

Hello,
I'm attempting to do a global search and replace within vi. The replacement string is a url, so I'm getting "trailing character" error message.


searching for: !File_Path_to_Replace!

replacing with: /usr/local/twiki

Here's my command:

:%s/!File_Path_to_Replace!//usr/local/twiki/g

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mike042]

Try the following:

s?!File_Path_to_Replace!?/usr/local/twiki?g

I hope that helps.

Mike

 

[ksbrace]

Perfect!

 

[p5wizard]

The reason the ?-delimited replace command does work, and the /-delimited command doesn't, is because you cannot use unquoted delimiter chars in your search and replace strings.

This would work also:

:%s/!File_Path_to_Replace!/\/usr\/local\/twiki/g

HTH,

p5wizard