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Date:      Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:19:22 -0800
From:      Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com>
To:        Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nvi strangeness
Message-ID:  <1202480362.92566.1.camel@jill.exit.com>
In-Reply-To: <47AC3F3C.7070909@dial.pipex.com>
References:  <86prv7agit.fsf@ds4.des.no>  <47AC3F3C.7070909@dial.pipex.com>

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On Fri, 2008-02-08 at 11:38 +0000, Alex Zbyslaw wrote:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
>=20
> >That doesn't work, however, and neither does "1,"; only "X,Y" works, so
> >if you want to substitute in the entire file, you first have to find out
> >how long it is, then manually type in that number.
> >
> > =20
> >
> Does 1,$ not work?  That's what I always used in ed.

Yes, it works.  I use it all the time in nvi, in various forms.
--=20
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