Re: vim question - comment multiple lines

From: Jason Dixon (jason_at_dixongroup.net)
Date: 09/10/03

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Date: 10 Sep 2003 00:31:18 -0400

    On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 23:17, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote:
    > I guess this is an easy one.. how can I insert / delete something at
    > the beggining of each line of a block in vi? Still can't figure it,
    > though there must be at least ten ways.

    (command mode)
    # inserts "string1" at beginning of all lines
    :1,$ s/^/string1/
    # search/replace "string2" for "string1" at beginning of all lines
    :1,$ s/^string1/string2/
    # delete "string1" at the beginning of all lines
    :1,$ s/^string1//

    Here's a really good cheat***:
    http://www.zippydesign.com/ying/linux/vi/index.html

    If this doesn't work for you, please be more descriptive. HTH. 

    -- 
Jason Dixon, RHCE
DixonGroup Consulting
http://www.dixongroup.net
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