Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:59:03 -0700 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: qauestion using ed. Message-ID: <20060802235903.GA84728@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <20060802230830.GA20799@thought.org> References: <20060802230830.GA20799@thought.org>
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On Wed, Aug 02, 2006, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > How, pray tel, do I use ed to delete 23 lines? I can find "foo" > with /foo, but then .,20d or .,+20d or .,+20 d don't work. .,.+20d <dot><comma><dot>+20d If you use the ``ex'' invocation of vi(m), ``20dd'' should do it. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Perhaps, when committing your first federal crime, it would be unwise to slap your name and address on it and mail it to 10,000 people.'' --Dogbert
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