ex is a line editor which serves as the foundation of vi. ex commands work on the current line or on a range of lines in a file. ex is invoked using the colon syntax within vi, and can be invoked on its own from the shell.
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Excel formula if date is greater than another date
I have trouble with a dates. Don’t understand that is going on with it, some are correct and some goes wrong. I have tried change formatting, different formulas still not working correct.
=IF(MONTH($M$6)&YEAR($M$6)>MONTH(N3)&YEAR(N3),"ON…

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coding e^x function using Taylor Series without using math.h and factorial function
I am making simple calculator and it is e^x function part.
it works for positive number, but it doesn't for negative x.
How can I make it works for negative x too?`
double calculateEx(double x) {
double beforeResult = 1, afterResult = 1, term = 1,…

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Edit part of a line in text without losing other lines
I tried to replace the tstop parameter of the text from 120 to 80. What I got was a single line of text: tstop 80, losing the rest of the text. I used
sed -i -rne 's/(tstop)\s+\w+/\1 80/gip'
I want to change only the line tstop and keep the rest of…

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Matching Two Lists Against Eachother
I have two Lists, List 1 and List 2. Both Lists have two columns, column A and column B, the values in column A(ID) & B(value) correspond with each other. I need to compare these two lists with each-other and find mismatches when they occur.
What I…

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Why vim doesn't insert cyrillic symbols properly in Ex mode?
To make changes in several files I use the following script:
echo search('publications.html"') | normal oКнижные серии
echo search('collections.html"') | d
echo search('photo.html"') | d
wq
Then I do for…

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Working with vi buffers
So I am learning about vim/vi/ex and I thought I had a pretty good understanding of the buffer system. (theres a gen purpose buffer and you can also name buffers). I know that anytime you use yank, change or delete, the contents of the general…

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Copying pattern from set of lines with Vim's Ex mode
I am tidying up my vimrc.
Mission: - Copy content inside single-quotes (and preferably after the slash)
- Paste them below line 1
1: Name:
2:
3: Bundle 'tpope/vim-rails'
4: Bundle 'tpope/vim-endwise'
5: Bundle 'mileszs/ack.vim'
6: Bundle…

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Execute multiple ex commands in bash shell script
I want to execute 2 ex commands using a shell script. For example: on a file called test
Print lines containing .jsp.
:/.jsp/ p
Add * to the beginning of those lines.
:s/^/\*/
How can I make a shell script that executes them both? I've tried a…
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vim: how to create custom command to indent and then go to next line
Okay so I want to create a custom command (and place it in my .vimrc file using the :command command, if possible) which basically indents the line which the cursor is on and then moves to the next line. Any idea on how to do this?

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How to send the selected visual block in ex command line?
I want to send a visual block as a stand-in for a command, such as
:!echo < something from the visual block
How could I do this in vim?

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Regular expression for IP Address
I need to be able to search through a log and grab IP addresses that were logged. An example log line would look like:
[2012-06-05 11:59:52] NOTICE[14369] chan_sip.c: Registration from '' failed for 'yy.yy.yy.yyy' - No matching peer found
I need…

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How to replace quotes inside a quoted field of a non-standard CSV file using a one-liner bash command?
I have a file like this:
col1×col2×col3
12×"Some field with "quotes" inside it"×"Some field without quotes inside but with new lines \n"
And I would like to replace the interior double quotes with single quotes so the result will look like…

Rafael Perez-Torro
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Running .exe directly & through Shell VBA returning different results
When I click directly in the .exe file "PrintUsers.exe", the output is correct.
But when I do that through VBA using Shell the result is different. It tries to find the text file in another directory. Why? See figure:
SOLUTION: I am now using:…

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Excel 2013 - "too many arguments" message to IFAND formula
I am creating a decision tool where yes/no responses will trigger a follow up question or decision. I created a formula with 13 arguments where each IF has two AND conditions (if no - it is true, if yes - It is false).
I am no expert and tried to…

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vi moving lines and words
I am taking a UNIX class, and unfortunately my teacher is not the greatest..So I am in need of your help!
I have a file named file1 with the text:
Roger Mancuso
Xavier Allen
Paul Bibbens
What our teacher wants us to do is with a single command…

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