> I'm not sure if there's a way to avoid having to use the :1,$ notation > to say 'all of file' but when I've tried to use s regex without this, ie > :s/blah/bloh/g > it fails. That's what the % means. :%s/blah/bloh/g -- Russell Steicke -- Fortune says: I have a very good DENTAL PLAN. Thank you.