Replace values in column, space delimited file in Vim
- by user1256923
I have a file that looks like:
2067 24311 <hkxhk> {00}
2069 17219 <hkxhk> {00}
2071 20931 <hkxhk> {00}
2073 5557 <hkxhk> {00}
2075 2127 <hkxhk> {00}
2077 20947 <hkxhk> {00}
2081 18088 <hkxhk> {00}
I want to replace the first column value so that it looks like
5 24311 <hkxhk> {00}
5 17219 <hkxhk> {00}
5 20931 <hkxhk> {00}
5 5557 <hkxhk> {00}
5 2127 <hkxhk> {00}
5 20947 <hkxhk> {00}
5 18088 <hkxhk> {00}
Where the first space delimited column has been replaced by a new value, in this case 5.
