5.2 SDDS Editing

This manual page does not describe a program, but rather a facility that is common to several programs. In particular, several SDDS programs use a common syntax for specifying editing of string data. The editing commands for these programs are composed of a series of subcommands of the form [count]commandLetter[commandSpecificData] As indicated, the count and commandSpecificData are optional.

The commands are as follows:

• [n]f — move forward 1 or n characters.
• [n]b — move backward 1 or n characters.
• [n]d — delete the next character or n characters.
• [n]F — move forward 1 or n words.
• [n]B — move backward 1 or n words.
• [n]D — delete the next word or n words.
• a — Go to the beginning of the string.
• e — Go to the end of the string.
• [n]i-delim-text-delim- — Insert text, delimited by the character -delim- 1 or n times. For example, “i/thisString/” would insert “thisString” once.
• [n]s-delim-text-delim- — Search for text, delimited by the character -delim- 1 or n times. The position is left at the end of the search string. -delim- may be any character except a question mark.
• S-delim-text-delim- — Search for text, delimited by the character -delim-, leaving the position at the start of the search string. -delim- may be any nonspace character except a question mark.
• [n]s?-delim-text-delim- — Search for text, delimited by the character -delim- 1 or n times. Abort all subsequent editing if the search fails. If the search succeeds, leave the position at the end of the search string. -delim- may be any nonspace character except a question mark.
• S?-delim-text-delim- — Search for text, delimited by the character -delim-. Abort all subsequent editing if the search fails. If the search succeeds, leave the position at the start of the search string. -delim- may be any nonspace character except a question mark.
• [n]k — Delete forward from the present position 1 or n characters, placing them in the kill buffer.
• [n]K — Delete forward from the present position 1 or n words, placing them in the kill buffer.
• zchar — Delete forward from the present position up to the first occurrence of the character char, placing the deleted text in the kill buffer.
• [n]Zchar — Delete 1 or n times up to and including the character char, placing the deleted text in the kill buffer.
• [n]y — Yank the kill buffer into the string 1 or n times.
• [n]%-delim-text1-delim-text2-delim- — Replace text1 with text2 1 or n times starting at the present position. -delim- may be any nonspace character. For example, “10%/c/C/” would capitalize the next 10 occurrences of the character ’c’.
• see also:
  • sddsprocess()
  • sddsplot()
  • sddsconvert()