1 03/12/76   edit replace, edit rep
 2 
 3 Function:  The replace request substitutes a given character string
 4 within a specified line or range of lines.  Line numbers are
 5 unaffected.
 6 
 7 
 8 Syntax:  edit replace /old_string/new_string/line1{ line2 ... lineN}
 9 
10 
11 where:
12 
13 1.   /              is any delimiter except blank or tab; the delimiter
14                     character cannot be a character in either
15                     old_string or new_string.
16 
17 2.   old_string     is a string of characters to be located.
18 
19 3.   new_string     is a string of characters to be substituted for
20                     each occurrence of old_string within the range
21                     given.
22 
23 4.   linei          is a single line number or range of lines; each
24                     linei specifies the bounds within which the
25                     substitution is to occur.
26 
27 
28 Example:
29 
30 !    new new_file
31      ready  1101
32 
33 !    100 1 January 1975
34 !    110 1 February 1975
35 !    120 1 March 1975
36 !    edit replace /5/6/100-120
37      ready  1101
38 
39 
40 !    lisn
41      100 1 January 1976
42      110 1 February 1976
43      120 1 March 1976
44      ready  1101