From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 15 18:13:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF691065670 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from services.ipt.ru (services.ipt.ru [194.62.233.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD678FC0A for ; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:13:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bb.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.89]) by services.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.54 (FreeBSD)) id 1NVqg4-0006hX-VI; Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:13:45 +0300 From: Boris Samorodov To: gahn References: <723540.47549.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:13:44 +0300 In-Reply-To: <723540.47549.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> (gahn's message of "Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:37:49 -0800 (PST)") Message-ID: <33917351@bb.ipt.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: vi editing X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:13:47 -0000 On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:37:49 -0800 (PST) gahn wrote: > I am trying to add a word on every line (right in front of every line) via vi. Right now I have: > xxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxx > xxxxxxxxx Type this: :%s/^/"new word" / > after that, I want to have: > "new word" xxxxxxxxx > "new word" xxxxxxxxx > "new word" xxxxxxxxx > How could I do that with vi? -- WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve