Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:00:05 -0500 From: Rajarajan Rajamani <r.rajamani@gmail.com> To: Johan@double-l.nl, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi set comment # Message-ID: <4af955a20902200700q21fedab4w764c5f114279052b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <499EC3BE.7020105@polands.org> References: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE58A@w2003s01.double-l.local> <499EC3BE.7020105@polands.org>
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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote: > Johan Hendriks wrote: >> >> How can i in vi set a # on multiple Lines to comment out some text. >> >> I know it must be a simple thing but i can not seem to get it right. >> >> Like in a config file i have the following >> >> define service{ >> use generic-service >> host_name w2003hk03 >> service_description Explorer >> check_command check_nt!PROCSTATE!-d SHOWALL -l >> Explorer.exe >> } >> >> And now i want to set a # to all the 6 lines. >> >> Thanks for your time >> Regards, >> Johan > >> > > This question is really more germane to a VIm mail list > (http://www.vim.org/) , but I'll tell you how'd I'd do it. > > First, turn on line numbers -- > > :set nu > > :3,8s/^/#/ > > That's all there is too it. BTW, VIm help is your friend > OR just mark the block visually and then do a :'<,'> s:/^/#/ the '<,'> will appear automatically as soon as you hit : after marking the visual block.
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