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erics, March 23rd, 2020 Using PERL, we can easily do a search and replace across multiple files. perl -ni -w -e ‘print unless m/^gdb\d+/;’ yourFileSpec
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git log --pickaxe-regex -p --color-words -S "theSearchString" |
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erics, September 5th, 2017 Set browser.autofocus to false in about:config
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erics, July 7th, 2015 To search for non-ASCII characters: /[^\d0-\d127] Use the substitute function to clean them up: :%s/[^\d0-\d127]/ /g
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erics, October 16th, 2014 Using PERL, we can easily do a search and replace across multiple files. perl -pi -w -e ‘s/SEARCH_FOR/REPLACE_WITH/g;’ FILE_LIST The following example will replace all occurrences of “hello” with “goodbye” inside files ending with .txt:
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perl -pi -w -e 's/hello/goodbye/g;' *.txt |
To handle special characters, use the hex value. For example, to convert MS web files that use control characters: […]
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erics, November 25th, 2009 sudo mdutil -E -i on / or You need to get Spotlight to reindex the mail folder (Home/Library/Mail), but you don’t have to mess about in terminal. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences. Click Spotlight. Click the Privacy tab. Drag the folder to the list. Remove the item or volume you just added. ~or~ […]
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erics, September 29th, 2009 To ignore case in the searches, enter the following command: :set ignorecase This command can be abbreviated as: :set ic To turn off this feature, use: :set noignorecase This command can be abbreviated as: :set noic
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