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  • Subject: vi to do Shell Script
  • From: KOENIG Yvan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:00:42 +0100

Hello

I want to replace every chunks of space characters  embedded in a text file by a single TAB one.

I was said tha the command vi :

:%s/  */ctrl-i/g

is able to do the trick.

Alas, I have no idea of the way I may trigger it with a do Shell Script command.

The scheme would be :

set the_path to path:to:the:original:text:file
set the_path_Unix to posix path of the_path
set the_path_qUnix to quoted form of the_path_Unix
set edited_text to do Shel Script apply_vi_cmd to  the_path_qUnix

I hope that somebody will be able to give the correct incantation.

Thanks in advance.

I hope that my question is clear enough because for the old frenchy, it's time to switch off.

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) mercredi 4 janvier 2012 23:00:37





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