Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 12:51:06 +0100 From: Rodney Lewis <rodney.lewis@tortoiseblog.com> To: Jamie Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Moving Text In vi(1) To Another File Message-ID: <782f4b6466266500ebcc15173fef385b@tortoiseblog.com> In-Reply-To: <540037DE.4030404@gmail.com> References: <540037DE.4030404@gmail.com>
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On 2014-08-29 09:20, Jamie Griffin wrote: > What is the best way to copy large sections of text in a file and copy > it to another file, possibly a new file or not. Is vi even the best > utility to do that? > > I have the source file open; I yank the text region then, do I open a > new file/buffer first or is there a command to 'redirect' the data to? There are several ways to do this but I prefer the old ex commands. It's just the way my brain works. First I enable visible line numbers so I know what's where. :set nu You can then use the following to write out to a new file. Select lines 10 to 30 :10,30w ~/newfile Or append lines 45 to 66 to newfile :45,66w >>~/newfile To copy text chunks around a file Copy line 45,66 and insert at line 90 :45,66co90 Or substitute mo to move it :45,66mo90 You can also use d to delete chunks of text Delete line 78 to 88 :78,88d Hope this helps Rodney
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