Thanks a lot Pratik. From: Pratik Vyas <m(a)pd.io> Sent: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 16:08:24 To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Help on Vi Command Hi Joel, On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Joel A Divekar <joel_divekar(a)rediffmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All > I am trying to do the following > Search for all lines starting with INSERT command and append ; at End of Line > > I am aware about search and replace using > :%s/^INSERT/$;/g > but this replaces INSERT and not append ; at end of the line. Kindly help > Regards > Try, :%s/^INSERT\(.*\)$/\0\&nbsp\;/g ie. Capture everything after the INSERT and replace it by itself (\0) and the text you want you append. > > Joel Divekar > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Thanks. Pratik -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers