Use vi To Find And Replace Content While Breaking a Line
The power of the Unix command vi never ceases to amaze me. I have known how to search and replace easily using vi for a long time however I didn’t know how to find and replace plus insert a line break during the replace. After toying around with vi for awhile I was able to figure it out. The example below shows how to find and replace certain text while inserting a line break.
Contents of a File:
- (1,2,'title one','2009-04-20 17:55:46','description one'),(2,2,'title two','2009-04-20 18:05:54','description two'),(3,2,'title three','2009-04-20 18:23:10','description three'),(4,2,'title four','2009-04-20 19:33:42','description four'),(5,2,'title five','2009-04-20 19:45:34','description five')