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From alex@am.sublink.org (Alex Martelli)
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Subject: Re: Writing out a section of a file to another file with vi ???
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Date: 28 Sep 92 22:14:35 GMT
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mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
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:>What's the easiest way to write out a "block" of lines to another file,
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:>without having to count the lines, or find the first line number and the
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:>last? What I'd really like to do is dump a named buffer to disk:
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:>mx
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:>y'x
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:>write x to disk
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Once you have yanked to the *named* buffer, :e the file you want
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to write it into, and just put it. NAMED buffers are remembered
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by vi; it's only the UNNAMED one which is lost when switching files.
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You will have to :w the current file before :e to the new one if
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there were any changes (unless you :set autowrite, or are willing
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to lose the changes).
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Alternatively, if you want to write to disk file pip from the
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current line to mark x, just :.,'x w pip...
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I suggest that any followup be to comp.editors, as a more appropriate
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newsgroup than comp.unix.anything would be.
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--
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Alex Martelli - alex@am.sublink.org - +39 (51) 250434 - Bologna, Italia
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From rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian)
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Subject: Re: Writing a "block" of lines to another file
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Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 12:41:44 GMT
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In article <Bv6n4M.Dox@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
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>I'd like to be able to write a "block" of lines to a file, without having to
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>count the lines, or get the start & end loine number. Can I use the temp
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>buffers something like:
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>
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>mx
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>y'x
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>write x to file
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Almost right. Mark the first line of the block, say, mx. Move to
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the last line of the block and do any of:
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:'x,.w file [if writing to a new file]
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or
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:'x,.w! file [if re-writing an existing file]
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or
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:'x,.w >> file [if appending to an existing file]
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as necessary.
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From yan@integ.frec.bull.fr (Yves A. Nicollet)
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Subject: Re: Writing a "block" of lines to another file
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Date: 5 Oct 92 12:13:42 GMT
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Reply-To: Y.A.Nicollet@frec.bull.fr
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In article <1992Sep26.124144.6699@umbc3.umbc.edu>, rouben@math9.math.umbc.edu (Rouben Rostamian) writes:
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>In article <Bv6n4M.Dox@encore.com> mpalmer@encore.com (Mike Palmer) writes:
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>>I'd like to be able to write a "block" of lines to a file, without having to
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>>count the lines, or get the start & end loine number. Can I use the temp
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>>buffers something like:
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>>
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>>mx
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>>y'x
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>>write x to file
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>
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>Almost right. Mark the first line of the block, say, mx. Move to
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>the last line of the block and do any of:
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>:'x,.w file [if writing to a new file]
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>or
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>:'x,.w! file [if re-writing an existing file]
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>or
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>:'x,.w >> file [if appending to an existing file]
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>as necessary.
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And if you wanted to move lines from a file to another file you would like
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then to edit, you could:
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go to the 1st line and type
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mx [to mark the beginning of the block]
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go to the last line and type
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"xy'x [to yank from the mark x till the current line into buffer x]
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go to the other file by typing
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:e# (or :e file)
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go to where you want to put the block and type
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"xp |