How to append text to end of each line

How to append text to end of each line

[acomber]

I thought this would work:

c-x-% $ -> replace with ABC

But it doesn't find any matches.  How can I append a set string at the end
of each line.  I specifically want to append "




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Re: How to append text to end of each line

[acomber]

But m-x replace-regexp RET $ RET " does work.  Why the difference?



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Re: How to append text to end of each line

[Kevin Montuori]

>>>>> "a" == acomber  <deedexy@gmail.com> writes:

    a> But m-x replace-regexp RET $ RET " does work.  Why the
    a> difference? 

Odd.  Both M-C-% (query-replace-regexp) and M-x replace-regexp work fine
for me.  Any chance point was located after the lines you wanted to
operate on when you first tried?

k.



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Re: How to append text to end of each line

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 13.05.2013 19:47, schrieb acomber:
> I thought this would work:
>
> c-x-% $ -> replace with ABC
>
> But it doesn't find any matches.  How can I append a set string at the end
> of each line.  I specifically want to append "
>
>
>
>
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>
>

Do you mean M-x query-replace RET...?

That would replace a literal dollar-sign, but not the regexp-symbol for end-of-line.
Therefor you must call M-x  query-replace-regexp

Re: How to append text to end of each line

[Ken Goldman]

On 5/13/2013 1:47 PM, acomber wrote:
> How can I append a set string at the end
> of each line.  I specifically want to append "

For infrequently used tasks like this, I just define and execute a 
keyboard macro.  It's faster than looking up the command in the manual.

E.g.,

- go to the end of the line
- add the character
- go down one line