Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:13:29 -0500 From: William Bulley <web@umich.edu> To: gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vi question Message-ID: <20100219231329.GB91701@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu>
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According to gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> on Fri, 02/19/10 at 16:11: > > How could I use vi to repeat a word, say, 100 times in the same > line, of course with a space in between? Edit your file: (vi xyz) On an empty line, enter: i<space>word<space>(esc) Back up (left arrow) to the front of this line (column zero) Enter this sequence: 2dw (the line will disappear) Enter this sequence: 100P (voila!) Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu 72 characters width template ----------------------------------------->|
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