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Date: Wed,  4 Mar 2009 11:56:51 +1100
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From: Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] command repetition in sam/acme
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  Do you see utility in counting/movement commands if they are not
  combined with regular expressions?

If you want to make a substitution to the thousandth match of a
regular expression on a line, try

   s1000/[^	]+/yyy/

But to navigate to that place is not as straightforward. Counting only
works for characters and lines.

-rob