Vi editor

edit binary file in vi

:%!xxd

tai64nlocal file in vi

:%!tai64nlocal

set tabs to be the ENGDEV way in vi

in the file:

/* ex: set tabstop=4 expandtab: */

or in ~/.vimrc

set tabstop=4
set expandtab

fancy find replace

convert:

Target[scan-5.trip-5.mem]: `/usr/local/bin/snmp_mem_usage.pl public 172.23.5.5 real`

to

Target[job-1.trip-5.Swap]: memTotalSwap.0&memTotalSwap.0:public@172.23.5.129:161::::2 - memAvailSwap.0&memAvailSwap.0:public@172.23.5.129:161::::2

in two (in vi):

%s: `/usr/local/bin/snmp_mem_usage.pl public ::g
%s/:\(.\+\) real`/ memTotalReal.0\&memTotalReal.0:public@\1:161::::2 - memAvailReal.0\&memAvailReal.0:public@\1:161::::2/